Coastal adaptation with ecological engineering

Nature Climate Change

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 787-791

  Cheong, So Min ^a   Silliman, Brian ^b   Wong, Poh Poh ^c   Van Wesenbeeck, Bregje ^d   Kim, Choong Ki ^e,f   Guannel, Greg ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^d DELTARES   (Netherlands)

^e Maritime and Ocean Engineering Research Institute (MOERI)   (South Korea)

^f STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; BIVALVE; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING; MANGROVE; REEF; SEA WALL;

EID: 84883334772     PISSN: 1758678X     EISSN: 17586798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nclimate1854     Document Type: Article

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