Marine environmental quality: A Canadian history and options for the future

Ocean and Coastal Management

Volumn 47, Issue 5-6, 2004, Pages 243-256

  Vandermeulen, Herb ^a   Cobb, Don ^a  

^a FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY (MEQ); OCEAN ACTS; OCEANS;

ECOSYSTEMS; FISHERIES; MARINE APPLICATIONS;

COASTAL ENGINEERING;

HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; LEGISLATION; MARINE POLICY;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 4744351703     PISSN: 09645691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2004.04.005     Document Type: Article

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