Challenging paradigms in estuarine ecology and management

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 306-314

  Elliott, M ^a   Whitfield, A K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Ecology; Estuaries; Management; Paradigms

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ECOTONE; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; GENERALIST; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PARADIGM SHIFT; RESEARCH WORK; SOCIAL IMPACT; SPECIALIST; TIDAL INLET; TOLERANCE;

EID: 80051912037     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2011.06.016     Document Type: Article

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