Paradigms in the Recovery of Estuarine and Coastal Ecosystems

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1202-1212

  Duarte, Carlos M ^a,b,c   Borja, Angel ^d   Carstensen, Jacob ^e   Elliott, Michael ^f   Krause Jensen, Dorte ^e   Marbà, Núria ^a  

^a INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^b KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d MARINE RESEARCH DIVISION   (Spain)

^e AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Estuarine; Paradigms; Recovery

Indexed keywords

EID: 84931956370     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-013-9750-9     Document Type: Article

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