Marine renewable energy development: Assessing the Benthic Footprint at multiple scales

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 433-440

  Miller, Raeanne G ^a   Hutchison, Zoë L ^a   Macleod, Adrian K ^a   Burrows, Michael T ^a   Cook, Elizabeth J ^a   Last, Kim S ^a   Wilson, Ben ^a  

^a SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; CLIMATE CHANGE; FOOTPRINT; GLOBAL CLIMATE; MARINE RESOURCE; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; WIND POWER;

EID: 84885038001     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/120089     Document Type: Review

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