Approaches to classifying benthic habitat quality

Marine Policy

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 455-464

  Tillin, H M ^a   Rogers, S I ^b   Frid, C L J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ecosystem health; Ecosystem based management; Habitats

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; HABITAT QUALITY; MARINE POLICY; POLICY MAKING;

EID: 41549134345     PISSN: 0308597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2007.06.008     Document Type: Article

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