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The 264 pages that link to Marine protected area, each with the reason it gives.

• Dall's porpoiseRelated: Protected waters can reduce some local pressures on habitat and prey.

• Emperor angelfishRelated: Protection of reef habitat can benefit emperor angelfish alongside other reef species.

• European congerRelated: Protected habitats can help safeguard congers and the seabed communities they use.

• FrigatebirdRelated: Protected waters can safeguard feeding areas used by frigatebirds and other seabirds.

• Frilled sharkRelated: Protection of deep-water habitats may benefit sharks exposed to fishing pressure.

• German BightNarrower topic: Protection must be balanced with shipping, fishing, and energy development in these waters.

• Gulf of MaineRelated: Protected areas are one tool for conserving habitats and species in gulf waters.

• Harlequin duckRelated: Coastal protections can preserve important wintering and feeding grounds.

• Humphead wrasseRelated: Protected reef habitats can reduce local fishing pressure on the species.

• Kingman ReefNarrower topic: Kingman Reef’s protections exemplify conservation across a large, remote marine area.

• Long-tailed duckRelated: Protected wintering waters can safeguard important feeding habitat.

• Marine lifeRelated: Protection measures can reduce pressures on marine organisms and habitats.

• Palk StraitNarrower topic: Protection in the neighboring Gulf of Mannar addresses pressures on shared marine habitats.

• PomacanthidaeRelated: Protected reef habitats can conserve angelfish populations alongside other reef species.

• San Juan IslandsNarrower topic: Protected waters are one response to pressures on the archipelago’s marine habitats.

• SeabedRelated: Protection can safeguard seabed habitats and the species they support.

• Sunflower sea starRelated: Protected areas can safeguard parts of the species’ range, though they cannot by themselves stop disease.

• Sylvia EarleNarrower topic: Earle advocates expanding protected ocean areas as a practical conservation measure.

• WedgefishRelated: Protected coastal habitats can safeguard wedgefish nursery and feeding grounds.

• Zebra sharkRelated: Protected reef and coastal habitats can shelter zebra sharks from fishing pressure.

• Amirante IslandsRelated: Protection measures around Amirante reefs help manage biodiversity and human use.

• Antarctic fishesRelated: Protected areas can safeguard fish habitats and ecological processes in Antarctic waters.

• Anthias anthiasRelated: Protection of rocky reef habitat can benefit resident fish populations such as this one.

• Arrábida Natural ParkRelated: Marine protection complements the park’s land-based conservation along the coast.

• BerlengasNarrower topic: Protection around the islands extends conservation beyond their land surfaces.

• CallorhinchusRelated: Protected seabed habitat may benefit Callorhinchus where fishing pressure is high.

• Cancer pagurusRelated: Protected zones can limit fishing pressure on crab populations and habitats.

• Chilean SeaRelated: Protected areas are a key tool for conserving Chilean marine ecosystems.

• Coastal fishRelated: Protected areas can safeguard coastal fish habitats and populations.

• Coastal geographyRelated: Coastal planning often links land use with protection of nearshore habitats and waters.

• Crested penguinRelated: Protected foraging waters can support penguins whose breeding colonies lie on remote islands.

• Deep-sea communityRelated: Protection can limit direct human impacts on vulnerable deep-sea habitats.

• European shagRelated: Protected coastal waters can safeguard shag foraging habitat and prey.

• Finless porpoiseRelated: Protected coastal habitat can reduce disturbance and safeguard feeding areas.

• Geographical zoneRelated: Conservation boundaries often follow ecological zones and habitat distributions.

• Giant clamRelated: Protected reef areas can safeguard giant clam populations and habitat.

• Giant petrelRelated: Protected waters can safeguard feeding areas and reduce human pressures.

• Gulf of PortoNarrower topic: Protection of the gulf’s waters limits damage to sensitive marine environments.

• HandfishRelated: Protected sites can safeguard the narrow coastal habitats occupied by handfish.

• Harbour porpoiseRelated: Protected coastal habitat can reduce some pressures on local porpoise populations.

• HeterocongrinaeRelated: Protected reef habitats can preserve the sandy feeding grounds used by garden eels.

• HexactinellidNarrower topic: Protection can help preserve vulnerable glass sponge habitats and reefs.

• Homarus gammarusRelated: Protected habitats can shelter lobster populations from fishing pressure.

• HoundsharkRelated: Protected coastal habitat can benefit houndsharks and their prey.

• Lewis PughBroader topic: Pugh has campaigned for protected waters in Antarctica and other regions.

• Longfin mako sharkRelated: Its wide-ranging oceanic habitat raises questions about how well fixed boundaries can protect it.

• Marine coastal ecosystemRelated: Protection can reduce local pressures on coastal habitats and their species.

• Marine mammal parkCompared with: Protection in natural habitats offers a conservation approach distinct from keeping animals on display.

• Maritime archaeology of the Mediterranean SeaRelated: Protection can limit damage to archaeological sites from fishing, construction, and salvage.

• MoʻoreaRelated: Protected marine areas can help safeguard habitats around the island.