Marine monitoring in the European Union: How to fulfill the requirements for the marine strategy framework directive in an efficient and integrated way

Marine Policy

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 349-351

  Zampoukas, Nikolaos ^a   Piha, Henna ^a,b   Bigagli, Emanuele ^a   Hoepffner, Nicolas ^a   Hanke, Georg ^a   Cardoso, Ana Cristina ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b EUROPEAN CHEMICALS AGENCY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Integration; Marine Strategy Framework Directive; Monitoring

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPEAN UNION; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

EID: 84873154104     PISSN: 0308597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2012.12.004     Document Type: Article

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