Coast of change: Habitat loss and transformations in the Wadden Sea

Helgoland Marine Research

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 9-21

  Reise, Karsten ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coastal dynamics; Estuary; Habitat loss; Sea level rise; Tidal flats

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; HABITAT LOSS; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; HUMAN ACTIVITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WADDEN SEA; WORLD;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; HALOPHILA;

EID: 17644367792     PISSN: 1438387X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10152-004-0202-6     Document Type: Article

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