Implications of global climate change for natural resource damage assessment, restoration, and rehabilitation

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 93-101

  Rohr, Jason R ^a   Johnson, Philip ^b   Hickey, Christopher W ^c   Helm, Roger C ^b   Fritz, Alyce ^d   Brasfield, Sandra ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e US ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Baseline; Contaminant; Environmental policy; Hazard assessment; Tipping point

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; BASE-LINE CONDITIONS; BASELINE; COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT; CONTAMINANT RELEASE; EARLY WARNING SIGNS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGERS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGES; HABITAT LOSS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; INJURY ASSESSMENT; LOCAL SCALE; LONG TERM MONITORING; NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENTS; NET EFFECT; REFERENCE CONDITION; RESTORATION PROJECT; TIPPING POINT;

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; IMPURITIES; NATURAL RESOURCES; RESTORATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLEANUP; CLIMATE CHANGE; DAMAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; GLOBAL CLIMATE; HABITAT LOSS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; NATURAL RESOURCE; RESOURCE ASSESSMENT;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GLOBAL CLIMAGE CHANGE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION;

EID: 84871287279     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.2036     Document Type: Article

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