Ecological footprints and shadows in an urban estuary, Narragansett Bay, RI (USA)

Regional Environmental Change

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 381-394

  Nixon, Scott W ^a   Fulweiler, Robinson W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological footprint; Ecological history; Metal pollution; Narragansett bay; Nutrients; Organic pollutant

Indexed keywords

EID: 85027942493     PISSN: 14363798     EISSN: 1436378X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10113-011-0221-1     Document Type: Article

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