Monitoring rocky intertidal shorelines: A role for the public in resource management

California and the World Ocean - Proceedings of the Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 624-636

  Osborn, Dawn A ^a   Pearse, John S ^a   Roe, Christy A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; DATA REDUCTION; OCEANOGRAPHY; PERSONNEL TRAINING; ROCKS; STUDENTS;

BIOTAS; INTERACTIVE DATABASES; INTERTIDAL SHORELINES; MARINE SANCTUARIES;

SHORE PROTECTION;

EID: 21644447555     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/40761(175)57     Document Type: Conference Paper

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