Operationalizing sustainability: Management and risk assessment of land-derived nitrogen loads to estuaries

Ecological Applications

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1006-1023

  Valiela, I ^a   Tomasky, G ^a   Hauxwell, J ^a   Cole, M L ^a   Cebrian J ^a   Kroeger, K ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY MARINE PROGRAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Land derived nitrogen loads; Massachusetts; Risk assessment; Shallow estuaries; Sustainability; Waquoit Bay

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; DECISION MAKING; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; NITROGEN; SUSTAINABILITY;

MASSACHUSETTS; UNITED STATES; WAQUOIT BAY;

EID: 0034483796     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2000)010[1006:OSMARA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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