Rethinking the interface between ecology and society. The case of the cockle controversy in the Dutch Wadden Sea

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 82-90

  Swart, Jac A A ^a   Van Andel, Jelte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Accountability; Boundary work; Cockle fishing; Conservation; Contextualization; Science society; Shellfish fishery; Wadden Sea

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; CONSERVATION; DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGY; FISHING; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; SHELLFISH FISHERY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; WADDEN SEA;

EID: 38349128469     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2007.01366.x     Document Type: Article

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