Improving management of a mid-Atlantic coastal barrier island through assessment of habitat condition

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 116, Issue , 2013, Pages 74-86

  Carruthers, Tim J B ^a   Beckert, Kris ^a   Schupp, Courtney A ^b   Saxby, Tracey ^a   Kumer, John P ^b   Thomas, Jane ^a   Sturgis, Brian ^b   Dennison, William C ^a   Williams, Michael ^a   Fisher, Tom ^a   Zimmerman, Carl S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^b Assateague Island National Seashore   (United States)

Author keywords

Assateague Island; Barrier islands; Coastal zone management; Ecosystem management; Integrated assessment; Maryland; Natural resources; Nature conservation; USA

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; ASSESSMENT METHOD; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; DATA SET; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HABITAT CONSERVATION; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VULNERABILITY;

ASSATEAGUE ISLAND; ASSATEAGUE ISLAND NATIONAL SEASHORE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84872797117     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2012.08.012     Document Type: Article

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