Habitat risk assessment for regional ocean planning in the U.S. Northeast and Mid-Atlantic

PLoS ONE

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2017, Pages

  Wyatt, Katherine H ^a   Griffin, Robert ^a   Guerry, Anne D ^a   Ruckelshaus, Mary ^a   Fogarty, Michael ^b   Arkema, Katie K ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATTENTION; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; FISHING; HABITAT; HUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASHORE; SHIPPING; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; PROCEDURES; SEA; UNITED STATES;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMANS; MID-ATLANTIC REGION; NEW ENGLAND; OCEANS AND SEAS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 85038970316     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0188776     Document Type: Article

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