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Article: Conserving biological diversity through marine protected areas: a global challenge. (includes related article)
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- Oceanus
- Article date:
- September 22, 1993
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CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1993 Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Scientists believe that off the coasts of the United States, from the frigid ice-scoured waters of the Arctic Ocean to the tropical reefs of the Florida Keys, the West Indies, and the Pacific Islands, there are more kinds of marine plants and animals in more kinds of marine habitats than are found off any other in the world.
A Nation of Oceans, descriptive document on the US National Marine Sanctuary Program, 1986
Custody of the world's most biologically diverse marine waters bears with it a special responsibility to protect them. The National Marine Sanctuary Program (NMSP), the only federal program specifically designed to provide comprehensive protection of ...