Landscape dynamics of a coastal lagoonal system : southern Sonora, Mexico /

The increasing pressure to develop coastal areas has prompted the need to understand how natural and anthropogenic changes influence the conditions of coastal ecosystems on a broad scale. Historical aerial photography, GIS, and landscape metrics were used to identify and quantify the rates and patte...

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Main Author:	Guzman, Maria del Carmen
Format:	Thesis Book
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified] ; 2003.
Subjects:	Major geography.
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