Advancing the Guánica Bay (Puerto Rico) Watershed Management Plan

Coastal Management

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 19-38

  Carriger, John F ^a   Fisher, William S ^a   Stockton, Thomas B ^b   Sturm, Paul E ^c  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b Neptune and Company Inc   (United States)

^c Ridge to Reefs Inc ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

coral reefs; ecosystem services; structured decision making; sustainability; watershed management

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; REEFS; SOIL CONSERVATION; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATERSHEDS;

CORAL REEF; DECISIONS MAKINGS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; MANAGEMENT IS; PUERTO RICO; STAKEHOLDER VALUES; STRUCTURED DECISION-MAKING; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT PLANS; WATERSHED PLANNING; WATERSHEDS MANAGEMENT;

DECISION MAKING;

COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; CORAL REEF; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATERSHED;

GUANICA; PUERTO RICO;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 84872404833     PISSN: 08920753     EISSN: 15210421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08920753.2012.747814     Document Type: Article

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