Integrated environmental modeling and assessment of coastal ecosystems: Application for aquaculture management

Coastal Management

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 536-555

  Nobre, Ana M ^a   Bricker, Suzanne B ^b   Ferreira, João G ^a   Yan, Xiaojun ^c   De Wit, Martin ^d   Nunes, João P ^e  

^a UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NINGBO UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Ecosystem approach to aquaculture; Ecosystem modeling; Integrated coastal management; Integrated ecological and economic analysis; Integrated environmental assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866282722     PISSN: 08920753     EISSN: 15210421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08920753.2011.600238     Document Type: Article

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