Coastal lagoons and climate change: Ecological and social ramifications in U.S. Atlantic and Gulf coast ecosystems

Ecology and Society

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Anthony, Abigail ^a   Atwood, Joshua ^a   August, Peter ^a   Byron, Carrie ^a   Cobb, Stanley ^a   Foster, Cheryl ^a   Fry, Crystal ^a   Gold, Arthur ^a   Hagos, Kifle ^a   Heffner, Leanna ^a   Kellogg, D Q ^a   Lellis Dibble, Kimberly ^a   Opaluch, James J ^a   Oviatt, Candace ^a   Pfeiffer Herbert, Anna ^a   Rohr, Nicole ^a   Smith, Leslie ^a   Smythe, Tiffany ^a   Swift, Judith ^a   Vinhateiro, Nathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Coastal lagoons; Ecosystems; Social values

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; COASTAL LAGOON; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES; STAKEHOLDER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF COAST [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 69149104965     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-02719-140108     Document Type: Article

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