Detecting critical choke points for achieving good environmental status in European seas

Ecology and Society

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Potts, Tavis ^a   O’Higgins, Tim ^b   Brennan, Ruth ^b   Cinnirella, Sergio ^c   Brandt, Urs Steiner ^d   de Vivero, Juan Luís Suárez ^e   van Beusekom, Justus ^f   Troost, Tineke A ^g   Paltriguera, Lucille ^h   Hosgor, Ayse Gunduz ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c CNR Institute of Atmospheric Pollution Research   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^f INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^g DELTARES   (Netherlands)

^h CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Marine policy; Marine strategy framework directive; Marine sustainability; Soft systems methodology; Systems science

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; EUTROPHICATION; MARINE POLICY; SUSTAINABILITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NORTH SEA; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN ISLES;

EID: 84923573119     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-07280-200129     Document Type: Article

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