A spatial framework for representing nearshore ecosystems

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 115, Issue , 2013, Pages 189-201

  Gregr, Edward J ^a   Lessard, Joanne ^b   Harper, John ^c  

^a SciTech Environmental Consulting   (Canada)

^b FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^c Coastal and Oceans Resources Inc ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRITISH COLUMBIA , CANADA; ECOLOGICAL PERFORMANCE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; ITERATIVE IMPROVEMENTS; MORPHOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATIONS; SPECIES DISTRIBUTIONS; SPECIES-HABITAT RELATIONSHIPS; STRAIT OF GEORGIA;

COASTAL ENGINEERING; SHELLFISH;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BATHYMETRIC SURVEY; BIODIVERSITY; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; DATA SET; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; MORPHOLOGY; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RESOLUTION; SHELLFISH; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

BIVALVIA;

EID: 84880947165     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2013.05.028     Document Type: Article

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