Quantifying targets for rehabilitating degraded areas of the Great Lakes

Environmental Management

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 713-723

  Hartig, John H ^a   Zarull, Michael A ^b   Reynoldson, Trefor B ^b   Mikol, Gerald ^c   Harris, Victoria A ^d   Randall, Robert G ^e   Cairns, Victor W ^e  

^a International Joint Commission   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION   (United States)

^d WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^e FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Quantitative targets; Restoring uses; Use impairments

Indexed keywords

GREAT LAKES; REMEDIAL ACTION PLANS;

ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; RESTORATION; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STRATEGIC PLANNING; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL; WEATHERING;

LAKES;

ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; REMEDIAL ACTION PLANS; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TARGET SETTING;

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; DEGRADATION; ECOSYSTEM; LAKE; WATER QUALITY; WILDLIFE;

NORTH AMERICA, GREAT LAKES;

EID: 0031239047     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002679900061     Document Type: Article

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