Trade-offs between biodiversity and flood protection services of coastal salt marshes

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Volumn 5, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 320-326

  Van Loon Steensma, Jantsje M ^a   Vellinga, Pier ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COASTAL ZONE; CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ESTUARY; FLOOD; FLOOD CONTROL; LAGOON; SALTMARSH; SEA LEVEL;

EID: 84884533386     PISSN: 18773435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2013.07.007     Document Type: Review

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