Achieving good environmental status in the Black Sea: Scale mismatches in environmental management

Ecology and Society

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  O'Higgins, Tim ^a   Farmer, Andrew ^b   Daskalov, Georgi ^c   Knudsen, Stale ^d   Mee, Laurence ^a  

^a SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b Institute for European Environmental Policy   (United Kingdom)

^c IBER BAS   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Black Sea; Ecosystem approach; Eutrophication; Fisheries; Marine strategy framework directive; Scale mismatch

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; EUTROPHICATION; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

BLACK SEA;

EID: 84911457864     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-06707-190354     Document Type: Article

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