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3 - Assessing human impacts on marine ecosystems

from Part I - Key concepts

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2015

Tasman P. Crowe
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University College Dublin
Christopher L. J. Frid
Affiliation:
Griffith University, Queensland
Christopher L. J. Frid
Affiliation:
Griffith University, Queensland
Tasman P. Crowe
Affiliation:
University College Dublin
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Marine Ecosystems
Human Impacts on Biodiversity, Functioning and Services
, pp. 42 - 72
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2015

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