Better science needed for restoration in the Gulf of Mexico

Science

Volumn 331, Issue 6017, 2011, Pages 537-538

  Bjorndal, Karen A ^a   Bowen, Brian W ^b   Chaloupka, Milani ^c   Crowder, Larry B ^d   Heppell, Selina S ^e   Jones, Cynthia M ^f   Lutcavage, Molly E ^g   Policansky, David ^h   Solow, Andrew R ⁱ   Witherington, Blair E ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^e OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^h NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United States)

ⁱ WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^j FISH AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OIL; PETROLEUM;

CONSERVATION PLANNING; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; OIL SPILL; SPECIES CONSERVATION; THEORETICAL STUDY;

CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DATA BASE; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD WEB; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; MARINE SPECIES; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEXICO; NONHUMAN; OIL SPILL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TURTLE; UNITED STATES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIFE CYCLE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLICY; POLLUTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESEARCH; WILD ANIMAL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DATA COLLECTION; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; PETROLEUM; POLICY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESEARCH; TURTLES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79551652972     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1199935     Document Type: Review

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