Calculating resource restoration for an oil discharge in Lake Barre, Louisiana, USA

Environmental Management

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 691-702

  Penn, Tony ^a   Tomasi, Theodore ^b  

^a National Oceanic/Atmospheric Admin   (United States)

^b ENTRIX   (United States)

Author keywords

Damage assessment; Habitat equivalency analysis; Louisiana; Oil spill; Restoration

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; LAKES; VEGETATION; WATER POLLUTION;

HABITATS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

OIL; PETROLEUM;

CLEANUP; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HABITAT RESTORATION; OIL POLLUTION; OIL SPILL RESPONSE;

DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; OFFSHORE OIL INDUSTRY; OIL SPILL; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; ENVIRONMENT; FISH; MOLLUSC; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

UNITED STATES;

AVES;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; FISHES; LOUISIANA; MOLLUSCA; PETROLEUM; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 0036579598     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-001-0059-2     Document Type: Review

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