Developing Objectives with Multiple Stakeholders: Adaptive Management of Horseshoe Crabs and Red Knots in the Delaware Bay

Environmental Management

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 972-982

  McGowan, Conor P ^a,b   Lyons, James E ^b   Smith, David R ^c  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c LEETOWN SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Delaware Bay; Horseshoe crabs; Management objectives; Red knots; Risk; Structured decision making; Utility functions

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT SCIENCE; RISKS; SHELLFISH;

DELAWARE BAY; HORSESHOE CRAB; MANAGEMENT OBJECTIVES; RED KNOTS; UTILITY FUNCTIONS;

DECISION MAKING;

ANIMAL; BAY; CHARADRIIFORMES; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOOD CHAIN; HORSESHOE CRAB; ORGANIZATION; PROCEDURES; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BAYS; CHARADRIIFORMES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DECISION MAKING; DELAWARE; FOOD CHAIN; HORSESHOE CRABS; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES;

EID: 84938336966     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-014-0422-8     Document Type: Article

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