Is marine conservation science becoming irrelevant to policy makers?

Frontiers in Marine Science

Volumn 2, Issue NOV, 2015, Pages

  Parsons, E C M ^a   DellaSala, D A ^b   Wright, A J ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEOS INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Endangered species act; Marine conservation; Policy making; Scientific whaling; US congress

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008712380     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22967745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2015.000102     Document Type: Note

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