Back to the future: Using landscape ecology to understand changing patterns of land use in Canada, and its effects on the sustainability of coastal ecosystems

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1534-1539

  Mercer Clarke, Colleen S L ^a   Roff, John C ^b   Bard, Shannon M ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coastal management; Coastal sustainability; Indicators; Land use; Landscape ecology

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 53949084881     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsn107     Document Type: Review

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