Benthic habitat modelling and mapping as a conservation tool for marine protected areas: A seamount in the western Mediterranean

An ecologically representative, well‐connected, and effectively managed system of marine protected areas (MPAs) has positive ecological and environmental effects as well as social and economic benefits. Although progress in expanding the coverage of MPAs has been made, the application of management tools has not yet been implemented in most of these areas. In this work, distribution models were applied to nine benthic habitats on a Mediterranean...