Global climate change impacts on coastal ecosystems in the gulf of Mexico: Considerations for integrated coastal management

Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters, and Biota: Volume 4, Ecosystem-Based Management

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 253-272

  Day, John W ^a   Yáñez Arancibia, Alejandro ^b   Cowan, James H ^a   Day, Richard H ^c   Twilley, Robert R ^a   Rybczyk, John R ^d  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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