Anthropogenic effects and salt marsh loss in the Mondego and Mira estuaries (Portugal)

Web Ecology

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages 59-66

  Castro, Paula ^a   Freitas, Helena ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COASTAL WETLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; SALTMARSH;

BEJA [PORTUGAL]; COIMBRA [PORTUGAL]; EURASIA; EUROPE; MIRA ESTUARY; MONDEGO ESTUARY; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33846276215     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13991183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/we-6-59-2006     Document Type: Article

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