Food for thought why compare marine ecosystems?

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-9

  Murawski, Steven A ^a   Steele, John H ^b   Taylor, Phillip ^c   Fogarty, Michael J ^a   Sissenwine, Michael P ^b   Ford, Michael ^a   Suchman, Cynthia ^c  

^a NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative marine ecosystem analysis; Decision support tools; EAM; EBM; Ecological modelling; Ecosystem approaches to management; Ecosystem based management

Indexed keywords

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MARINE ECOSYSTEM;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 73549091685     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsp221     Document Type: Article

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