Detection and assessment of ecosystem regime shifts from fisher information

Ecology and Society

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Karunanithi, Arunprakash T ^a   Cabezas, Heriberto ^a   Frieden, B Roy ^b   Pawlowski, Christopher W ^c  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c R D Zande and Associates Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecosystems; Fisher information; Marine ecosystem; Regime shifts; Resilience; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; DETECTION METHOD; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; SHALLOW WATER; SUSTAINABILITY; TIME SERIES;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 50149104810     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-02318-130122     Document Type: Article

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