Construction setback regulations and sea-level rise: Mitigating sea turtle nesting beach loss

Ocean and Coastal Management

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 330-341

  Fish, M R ^a,b   Cote I M ^b   Horrocks, J A ^c   Mulligan, B ^d   Watkinson, A R ^a   Jones, A P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^d NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEACHES; BIODIVERSITY; COASTAL ZONES; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; OCEAN HABITATS; SHORE PROTECTION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BEACH HABITATS; LANDWARD MIGRATION; SEA LEVEL RISE; SETBACK REGULATIONS;

SEA LEVEL;

BEACH; COASTAL DEVELOPMENT; COASTAL STRUCTURE; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT SELECTION; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MIGRATION; MITIGATION; NESTING; PERTURBATION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; STANDARD (REGULATION); TURTLE;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BARBADOS; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; LESSER ANTILLES;

CHELONIIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 40249100259     PISSN: 09645691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2007.09.002     Document Type: Article

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