Marine conservation in a rapidly changing world

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 281-287

  Hawkins, S J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Climate change; Eutrophication; Habitat loss; Marine conservation; Overfishing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861979477     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: 10990755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.2239     Document Type: Editorial

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