Linking science and management in the adoption of sensor network technology in the Great Barrier Reef coast, Australia

Computers, Environment and Urban Systems

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 111-121

  de Freitas, Débora M ^a   Kininmonth, Stuart ^b   Woodley, Simon ^c  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^c S and J Woodley Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptive management; Bridging information gap; Policy science interface; Real time data

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; MANAGEMENT; MANAGERS; MONITORING; PORPHYRINS; REEFS; SENSOR NETWORKS; STANDARDIZATION; TECHNOLOGY; TURBIDITY; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; ADOPTION OF WIRELESS; AUSTRALIA; AUTOMATIC MONITORING; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BRIDGING INFORMATION GAP; CHLOROPHYLL-A; DECISION MAKERS; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; ENVIRONMENTAL SENSOR NETWORKS; ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES; FLOOD PLUMES; GREAT BARRIER REEFS; MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS; MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATIONS; POLICY DECISIONS; POLICY-SCIENCE INTERFACE; REAL-TIME DATA; REAL-TIME INFORMATIONS; SENSOR NETWORK TECHNOLOGIES; SPATIAL DATUM; WATER CIRCULATIONS;

PUBLIC KEY CRYPTOGRAPHY;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NETWORK DESIGN; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; REAL TIME; RESEARCH WORK; SPATIAL DATA; STRATEGIC APPROACH; STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 61349153529     PISSN: 01989715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2008.11.002     Document Type: Article

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