Regional Seas integrative studies, as a basis for an ecosystem-based approach to management: The case of the Bay of Biscay

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 951-956

  Borja, Angel ^a   Collins, Michael ^b  

^a MARINE RESEARCH DIVISION   (Spain)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bay of Biscay; Ecological status; Ecosystem based approach; Environmental quality; Integrative assessment; Ocean management; Oceanography; Regional Seas

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LEGISLATION; MARINE ECOSYSTEM;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF BISCAY;

EID: 64449088302     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2008.12.015     Document Type: Article

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