Oil spill impacts on mangroves: Recommendations for operational planning and action based on a global review

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 700-715

  Duke, Norman C ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Impacts; Mangroves; Monitoring; Oil spills; Pollution; Risk management; Standard operational procedure recommendations

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; MONITORING; POLLUTION; RISK MANAGEMENT;

COASTAL WATERS; IMPACTS; MANGROVE HABITATS; MANGROVES; OPERATIONAL PLANNING; OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES; PUBLIC DATABASE; TIDAL WETLANDS;

OIL SPILLS;

COASTAL ZONE; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; MANGROVE; OIL SPILL; POLLUTION MONITORING; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD (REFERENCE);

COASTAL WATERS; HABITAT; HUMAN; MANAGER; MANGROVE; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; OIL SPILL; RISK MANAGEMENT; SCIENTIST; VEGETATION; ECOSYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WETLAND;

RHIZOPHORACEAE;

ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION AND REMEDIATION; PETROLEUM POLLUTION; WETLANDS;

EID: 84990985786     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2016.06.082     Document Type: Article

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