An overview of coastal environmental health indicators

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment (HERA)

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1409-1417

  Boesch, Donald F ^a   Paul, John F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal environments; Ecosystem health; Indicators; Organization; Resilience; Vigor

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044530484     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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