Analysis of Progress Towards a Comprehensive System of Marine Protected Areas in Brazil

Dataset associated with the paper "Analysis of Progress Towards a Comprehensive System of Marine Protected Areas in Brazil”. Data was collected using data compilation within Arc GIS 10.2. The habitat maps were derived from three sources: a subtidal benthic 20 map, built using high-resolution bathymetry data (Becker et al. 2009), and maps of 21 coral reef habitat (Brasil 2006) and mangrove ecosystems (Magris & Barreto 2011). 22 Depth zones, mangrove, coral reef habitat and ecoregions were used to define benthic 23 habitats.​ Study region spans all Brazilian coast. Data was collected to evaluate the performance of the Marine Protected Areas regarding conservation objectives for representation and persistence.

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    Dataset associated with the paper "Analysis of Progress Towards a Comprehensive System of Marine Protected Areas in Brazil”. Data was collected using data compilation within Arc GIS 10.2. The habitat maps were derived from three sources: a subtidal benthic 20 map, built using high-resolution bathymetry data (Becker et al. 2009), and maps of 21 coral reef habitat (Brasil 2006) and mangrove ecosystems (Magris & Barreto 2011). 22 Depth zones, mangrove, coral reef habitat and ecoregions were used to define benthic 23 habitats.​ Study region spans all Brazilian coast. Data was collected to evaluate the performance of the Marine Protected Areas regarding conservation objectives for representation and persistence.

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    • systematic conservation planning
    • biodiversity conservation
    • marine conservation
    • gap analysis
    • effectivenness
    • ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies
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    Tropical Ecosystems, Conservation and Climate Change
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    The Data Manager is: Rafael Magris
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    The data will be licensed under CC BY-NC: Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 AU
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      James Cook University
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    Citation Pressey, Robert; Magris, Rafael (2015): Analysis of Progress Towards a Comprehensive System of Marine Protected Areas in Brazil. James Cook University. https://doi.org/10.4225/28/5667B0AAE42D2