An effective set of principles for practical implementation of marine cumulative effects assessment

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 54, Issue , 2015, Pages 254-262

  Judd, A D ^a   Backhaus, T ^b   Goodsir, F ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Assessment; Cumulative effect; Environmental risk; Marine

Indexed keywords

CUMULATIVE EFFECTS ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NOMENCLATURE; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84938078660     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2015.07.008     Document Type: Review

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