“The Coast” is Complicated: A Model to Consistently Describe the Nation’s Coastal Population

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 151-155

  Ache, Brent W ^a   Crossett, Kristen M ^a   Pacheco, Percy A ^a   Adkins, Jeffery E ^b   Wiley, Peter C ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR COASTAL ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND BIOMOLECULAR RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal counties; Coastal population; Coastal Shoreline Counties; Coastal Watershed Counties

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876288810     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-013-9629-9     Document Type: Article

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