Human impacts overwhelm the effects of sea-level rise on Basque coastal habitats (N Spain) between 1954 and 2004

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 453-462

  Chust, Guillem ^a   Angel Borja ^a   Liria, Pedro ^a   Galparsoro, Ibon ^a   Marcos, Marta ^b   Caballero, Ainhoa ^a   Castro, Raúl ^a  

^a MARINE RESEARCH DIVISION   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Basque Country; climate change; coast; estuary; Gipuzkoa; habitat; LIDAR; sea level rise

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONE; DIGITAL TERRAIN MODEL; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; LIDAR; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PHOTOGRAPHY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TIDE GAUGE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BASQUE COUNTRY; BAY OF BISCAY; EURASIA; EUROPE; GUIPUZCOA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 70049084912     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2009.07.010     Document Type: Article

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