Climate adaptations in the Southeast USA

Climate of the Southeast United States: Variability, Change, Impacts, and Vulnerability

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 295-320

  Dow, Kirstin ^a   Carter, Lynne ^b   Brosius, Ashley ^a   Diaz, Ernesto ^c   Durbrow, Rick ^d   Evans, Rhonda ^d   Fauver, Stephanie ^e   Hayden, Tim ^f   Howard, Bob ^d   Jacobs, Kasey ^c   Landers, Glenn ^g   McNulty, Steve ^h   Nicholson, Janine ⁱ   Quattrochi, Dale ^j   Rimer, Linda ^d   Shuford, Scott ^k   Stiles, Skip ^l   Terando, Adam ^m  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Puerto Rico Coastal Zone Management Program   (Puerto Rico)

^d US Environmental Protection Agency Region 4   (United States)

^e CENTER FOR COASTAL ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND BIOMOLECULAR RESEARCH   (United States)

^f U S ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

^g US Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville District   (United States)

^h Eastern Forest Environmental Threat Assessment Center   (United States)

ⁱ NC Dept of Environ and Nat Rsrc   (United States)

^j NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^k City of Fayetteville   (United States)

^l Wetlands Watch   (United States)

^m NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84916621709     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.5822/978-1-61091-509-0_13     Document Type: Chapter

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