Quantifying and evaluating ecosystem health: A case study from Moreton Bay, Australia

Environmental Management

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 757-771

  Pantus, Francis J ^a   Dennison, William C ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Australia; Ecosystem assessment; Ecosystem health index; Moreton Bay; Natural resource management

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; NATURAL RESOURCES; SURVEYS; WATER QUALITY;

AUSTRALIA; ECOSYSTEM ASSESSMENT; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH INDEX; MORETON BAY; NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CALCULATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; EUTROPHIA; EVALUATION; PHYTOPLANKTON; PREDICTION; SEWAGE; TURBIDITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; OCEANS AND SEAS; QUEENSLAND; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; MORETON BAY; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 27744445103     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-003-0110-6     Document Type: Article

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