Communicating marine environmental information to decision makers: Enablers and barriers to use of publications (grey literature) of the Gulf of Maine Council on the Marine Environment

Ocean and Coastal Management

Volumn 96, Issue , 2014, Pages 163-172

  Cossarini, Danielle M ^a,b   MacDonald, Bertrum H ^a   Wells, Peter G ^c  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Selkirk College Canada   (Canada)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; INTERNET;

ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGERS; ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; INTER-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEWS;

PUBLISHING;

COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MAINE;

EID: 84902495684     PISSN: 09645691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2014.05.015     Document Type: Article

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