Temporal constraints on ecosystem management: Definitions and examples from Europe’s regional seas

Ecology and Society

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  O'Higgins, Tim ^a   Cooper, Philip ^b   Roth, Eva ^c   Newton, Alice ^d   Farmer, Andrew ^e   Goulding, Ian C ^f   Tett, Paul ^a  

^a SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^e Institute for European Environmental Policy   (United Kingdom)

^f Megapesca Lda ^*  (Portugal)

Author keywords

Adaptive management; Ecosystem approach; Marine Strategy Framework Directive; Temporal scales

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM APPROACH; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; EUROPEAN UNION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT;

EUROPE;

EID: 84923561222     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-06507-190446     Document Type: Article

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