An integrated framework for informing coastal and marine ecosystem management decisions

Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Reiter, Michael A ^a   Matlock, Gary C ^b   Gentile, John H ^c   Harwell, Mark A ^c   Kelty, Ruth ^d   Barko, John W ^e   Baker, Susan ^b   Scott, Geoff ^b  

^a BETHUNE COOKMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Harwell Gentile and Associates   (United States)

^d National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science   (United States)

^e Barko Environmental ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

adaptive management; coastal and marine ecosystems; conceptual modelling; ecosystem based management; ecosystem management; Integrated assessment; integrated ecosystem assessment; resource management; risk assessment; scenario analysis

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PLANNING METHOD; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84875341354     PISSN: 14643332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S1464333213500038     Document Type: Article

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