A Scenario Analysis of Climate Change and Ecosystem Services for the Great Barrier Reef

Treatise on Estuarine and Coastal Science

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages 305-326

  Costanza, R ^a   Bohensky, E ^b   Butler, J R A ^c   Bohnet, I ^c   Delisle, A ^c   Fabricius, K ^d   Gooch, M ^c   Kubiszewski, I ^a   Lukacs, G ^c   Pert, P ^c   Wolanski, E ^c,d  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

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EID: 84961159485     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-374711-2.01215-8     Document Type: Chapter

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