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. 2014 Jan 8;9(1):e82898. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0082898

Figure 1. Analytical process for identifying priority areas according to their biodiversity and impact levels.

Figure 1

This illustration shows the process for identifying priority areas, which was done separately for EEZ and ABNJ areas. For each metric of diversity—richness, range rarity and proportional range rarity—we identified the top values within 5% of total EEZ or ABNJ area (red). We also identified the top (yellow) and bottom (blue) 10% of EEZ and ABNJ area by impact. Priority areas were then identified by the area of overlap between each biodiversity metric and areas of high impact (orange) or low impact (purple).