Sustainability in near-shore marine systems: Promoting natural resilience

Sustainability

Volumn 2, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2593-2600

  Falkenberg, Laura J ^a   Burnell, Owen W ^a   Connell, Sean D ^a   Russell, Bayden D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Algae; Amelioration; Carbon dioxide; Climate change; Ecosystem shift

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955088547     PISSN: 20711050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su2082593     Document Type: Article

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