The cost of restoration as a way of defining resilience: A viability approach applied to a model of lake eutrophication

Ecology and Society

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2004, Pages

  Martin, Sophie ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

dynamic systems; Ecosystem models; Eutrophication; Lake ecosystem; Resilience; Time of crisis

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; EUTROPHICATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

EID: 27444440728     PISSN: 17083087     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-00659-090208     Document Type: Article

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