Conservation of Marine Ecosystems with a Special View to Coral Reefs in the Gulf

Coral Reefs of the World

Volumn 3, Issue , 2012, Pages 337-348

  Al Cibahy, Ashraf S ^a   Al Khalifa, Khalifa ^b   Böer, Benno ^c   Samimi Namin, Kaveh ^d  

^a ENVIRONMENT AGENCY ABU DHABI   (United Arab Emirates)

^b Environment and Wildlife   (Bahrain)

^c UNESCO   (Qatar)

^d NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Coastal Zone Management; Coral Reef; Marine Conservation; Protected Area; United Arab Emirate

Indexed keywords

EID: 85148483803     PISSN: 2213719X     EISSN: 22137203     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-3008-3_15     Document Type: Chapter

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