Ecological connectivity of the marine protected area network in the Baltic Sea, Kattegat and Skagerrak: Current knowledge and management needs

• Published in: Ambio
• Main Authors: Berkström, Charlotte, Wennerström, Lovisa, Bergström, Ulf
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Netherlands 2021
• Subjects: Review; Kattegat; Northeast Atlantic
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9005595/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34964951; https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-021-01684-x

Marine protected areas (MPAs) have become a key component of conservation and fisheries management to alleviate anthropogenic pressures. For MPA networks to efficiently promote persistence and recovery of populations, ecological connectivity, i.e. dispersal and movement of organisms and material acr...