Assessment of damages from recreational activities on coastal dunes of the southern Baltic Sea

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1145-1157

  Grunewald, Ralf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Diversity index; Eutrophication; Plant diversity; Pomeranian bight; Trampling; Usedom; Wolin

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COASTAL ZONE; DUNE; EUTROPHICATION; PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; TRAMPLING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; POLAND; USEDOM; WOLIN ISLAND; ZACHODNIOPOMORSKIE;

EID: 33749995531     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/05-0464.1     Document Type: Article

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