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Oceanography --- Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary (Mass.) --- Environmental conditions.

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Continental shelf --- Submarine topography --- Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary (Mass.)

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Marine ecology --- Contaminated sediments --- Marine fishes --- Sea birds --- Cetacea --- Geographical distribution. --- Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary (Mass.) --- Environmental aspects.

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Marine ecosystem management --- Marine parks and reserves --- Environmental indicators --- Monitoring --- Maine, Gulf of --- Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary (Mass.) --- Environmental conditions.

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Describes use of a geo-referenced interpretive map of major sediment types with Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary (SBNMS) and computer-aided decision support tools to identify potential conservation sites representing 1) all major sediment types and 2) derived habitat types based on both sediment and depth in the smallest amount of space. A type of mathematical optimization known as simulated annealing was used to identify potential sets of alternative habitat conservation areas within SBNMS for demonstration purposes.

Ocean bottom --- Marine sediments --- Habitat conservation --- Habitat conservation --- Spatial ecology --- Simulated annealing (Mathematics) --- Digital mapping. --- Maps --- Mathematical models. --- Maps --- Mathematical models. --- Geographic information systems --- Decision making --- Mathematical models. --- Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary (Mass.) --- Environmental conditions --- Maps --- Mathematical models.