Quantifying wave attenuation to inform coastal habitat conservation

Ecosphere

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Pinsky, Malin L ^a,b   Guannel, Greg ^c   Arkema, Katie K ^c  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioshields; Coastal protection; Conservation planning; Disaster management; Ecosystem services; Hurricane; Submerged vegetation; Wetland

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899846317     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21508925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/ES13-00080.1     Document Type: Article

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