Ecosystem services sustainability in the Mediterranean Sea: Assessment of status and trends using multiple modelling approaches

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Liquete, Camino ^a   Piroddi, Chiara ^b   Macías, Diego ^a   Druon, Jean Noël ^a   Zulian, Grazia ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; ECONOMIC MODEL; HUMAN; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PHYSICAL MODEL; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; RECREATION; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84989812899     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep34162     Document Type: Article

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