Building regional threat-based networks for estuaries in the Western United States

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Merrifield, Matthew S ^a   Hines, Ellen ^b   Liu, Xiaohang ^b   Beck, Michael W ^a  

^a THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATCHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA BASE; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; ESTUARY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; HABITAT; POLLUTION; SEDIMENT; SOCIAL NETWORK; UNITED STATES; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; RIVER; SEA; WATER POLLUTANT;

SEA WATER;

CALIFORNIA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOLOGY; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OCEANS AND SEAS; OREGON; RIVERS; SEAWATER; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 79952264219     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0017407     Document Type: Article

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