Management of eutrophication for lakes subject to potentially irreversible change

Ecological Applications

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 751-771

  Carpenter, S R ^a   Ludwig, D ^b   Brock, W A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Economics; Ecosystem management; Ecosystems, alternate states; Eutrophication; Irreversible change; Lake management; Lakes; Management policy; Optimality; Phosphorus input to lakes; Policy analysis

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; LAKE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PHOSPHORUS;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EUTROPHICATION; LAKE; TROPHIC STATUS; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0033178412     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(1999)009[0751:MOEFLS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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