A practical approach to implementation of ecosystem-based management: A case study using the Gulf of Maine marine ecosystem

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 183-189

  Altman, Irit ^a   Blakeslee, April M H ^b   Osio, Giacomo C ^a   Rillahan, Christopher B ^c   Teck, Sarah J ^d   Meyer, John J ^e   Byers, James E ^a   Rosenberg, Andrew A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c War in the Pacific National Historical Park   (Guam)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ECOSYSTEM APPROACH; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MARINE ECOSYSTEM;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MAINE;

EID: 79955435816     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/080186     Document Type: Review

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