New tools for marine conservation: The leasing and ownership of submerged lands

Conservation Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1214-1223

  Beck, Michael W ^a   Marsh, Theresa D ^a   Reisewitz, Shauna E ^a   Bortman, Marci L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Concessions; Galveston Bay; Great South Bay; Land acquisition; Protected areas; Puget Sound; Shellfish; Submerged lands

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; OWNERSHIP; PROTECTED AREA;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; BIVALVIA; HALOPHILA; MARTES; OSTREIDAE;

EID: 5344268174     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2004.00230.x     Document Type: Review

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