Linking the Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard (CMECS) to ecosystem services: An application to the US Gulf of Mexico

International Journal of Biodiversity Science, Ecosystem Services and Management

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 249-256

  Carollo, Cristina ^a   Allee, Rebecca J ^b   Yoskowitz, David W ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY CORPUS CHRISTI   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

classification standard; CMECS; ecosystem services; Gulf of Mexico; habitat

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FOOD; HABITAT TYPE; INVENTORY; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; STANDARD (REFERENCE);

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 84883740024     PISSN: 21513732     EISSN: 21513740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21513732.2013.811701     Document Type: Article

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