Public awareness, concerns, and priorities about anthropogenic impacts on marine environments

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 42, 2014, Pages 15042-15047

  Gelcich, Stefan ^a   Buckley, Paul ^b   Pinnegar, John K ^b   Chilvers, Jason ^c   Lorenzoni, Irene ^c   Terry, Geraldine ^c   Guerrero, Matias ^a   Castilla, Juan Carlos ^a   Valdebenito, Abel ^a   Duarte, Carlos M ^d,e  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Europe; Ocean health; Ocean impacts; Ocean literacy

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; ANTHROPOGENIC IMPACT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL WATERS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EUROPEAN UNION; FUNDING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; POLICY; SEA POLLUTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; ACCESS TO INFORMATION; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; EUROPE; MANAGEMENT; MASS MEDIUM; POLLUTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCIENCE; SEA; WATER POLLUTANT;

WATER POLLUTANT;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; AWARENESS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; EUROPE; HUMANS; MASS MEDIA; OCEANS AND SEAS; POLICY MAKING; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCIENCE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 84908072800     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1417344111     Document Type: Article

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