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Urban Typology and Estuarine Biodiversity in Rapidly Developing Coastal Watersheds

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Changing Land Use Patterns in the Coastal Zone

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Kleppel, G.S., Porter, D.E., DeVoe, M.R. (2006). Urban Typology and Estuarine Biodiversity in Rapidly Developing Coastal Watersheds. In: Kleppel, G.S., DeVoe, M.R., Rawson, M.V. (eds) Changing Land Use Patterns in the Coastal Zone. Springer Series on Evironmental Management. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-29023-0_4

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