Recommendations on establishing a research strategy in the gulf of Mexico to assess the effects of hurricanes on coastal ecosystems

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1062-1066

  Bortone, Stephen A ^a,b  

^a Sanibel Captiva Conservation Foundation   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; HURRICANE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36749020082     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02798668     Document Type: Review

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