Human transformations of the Wadden Sea ecosystem through time: A synthesis

Helgoland Marine Research

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 84-95

  Lotze, Heike K ^a,b,k   Reise, Karsten ^a   Worm, Boris ^b   van Beusekom, Justus ^a   Busch, Mette ^c   Ehlers, Anneli ^b   Heinrich, Dirk ^d   Hoffmann, Richard C ^e   Holm, Poul ^f   Jensen, Charlotte ^f   Knottnerus, Otto S ^g   Langhanki, Nicole ^b   Prummel, Wietske ^h   Vollmer, Manfred ⁱ   Wolff, Wim J ^a,j  

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

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^c Nationalmuseet   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^e YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^g Groningen Institute of Archaeology ^*  (Netherlands)

^h UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

ⁱ University of Groningen ^*  (Germany)

^j UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^k DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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Author keywords

Conservation; Ecosystem consequences; Environmental history; Human impacts; Shifting baselines

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; HUMAN ACTIVITY;

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

AVES; CETACEA; MAMMALIA; OSTREIDAE;

EID: 20244387991     PISSN: 1438387X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10152-004-0209-z     Document Type: Article

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