An integrated environmental assessment of the Red Sea coast of Saudi Arabia

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 65-76

  Price, Andrew R G ^a   Jobbins, Guy ^a   Dawson Shepherd, Alec R ^b   Ormond, Rupert F G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ecosystems; Environmental assessment; Impacts; Red Sea; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHY; SAUDI ARABIA;

AVES; MAMMALIA; RHIZOPHORACEAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 0031945887     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0376892998000101     Document Type: Article

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