Sandy beach conservation and recreation: Guidelines for optimising management strategies for multi-purpose use

Ocean and Coastal Management

Volumn 71, Issue , 2013, Pages 256-268

  McLachlan, Anton ^a   Defeo, Omar ^b   Jaramillo, Eduardo ^c   Short, Andrew D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Unidad en Desarrollo de Ciencias del Mar   (Uruguay)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEVEL OF SAFETIES; MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; MULTI-PURPOSE; PLANNING STRATEGIES; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; SANDY BEACH; SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTOR; SPECIES RICHNESS; STATE OF HEALTH;

COASTAL ZONES; CONSERVATION;

BEACHES;

BEACH; BEACH PROFILE; CARRYING CAPACITY; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; INDEX METHOD; MACROBENTHOS; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; OPTIMIZATION; RECREATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EID: 84870209561     PISSN: 09645691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2012.10.005     Document Type: Article

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