Wetlands In a Changing Climate: Science, Policy and Management

Wetlands - 2018
William R. Moomaw1, Gail L. Chmura2, Gillian T. Davies3, C. Max Finlayson4, Beth A. Middleton5, Susan M. Natali6, James E. Perry7, Nigel T. Roulet2, Ariana E. Sutton‐Grier8
1Center for International Environment and Resource Policy. The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and Global Development and Environment Institute, Tufts University, Medford, MA, 02155, USA
2Department of Geography, McGill University, 805 Sherbrooke St W, Montreal, QC, H3A 0B9, Canada
3BSC Group, Inc., 33 Waldo Street, Worcester, MA, 01608, USA
4Institute for Land, Water and Society, Charles Sturt University, Albury, NSW, 2640, Australia
5U.S. Geological Survey, Wetlands and Aquatic Research Center, Lafayette, LA, 70506, USA
6Woods Hole Research Center, Falmouth, MA 02540, USA
7Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William and Mary, PO Box 1346, Gloucester point, VA, 23062, USA
8Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland USA and the MD/DC Chapter of the Nature Conservancy, Bethesda, MD, USA

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