Transient social-ecological stability: The effects of invasive species and ecosystem restoration on nutrient management compromise in lake erie

Ecology and Society

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Roy, Eric D ^a   Martin, Jay F ^a   Irwin, Elena G ^a   Conroy, Joseph D ^a   Culver, David A ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dreissena; Ecosystem services; Invasive species; Lake erie; Lake eutrophication; Lake management; Perturbation; Phosphorus

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; CALIBRATION; COMPLEXITY; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; EUTROPHICATION; INVASIVE SPECIES; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERTURBATION; PHOSPHORUS; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE ERIE; OHIO; SANDUSKY BAY; UNITED STATES;

DREISSENA; DREISSENIDAE;

EID: 77953232292     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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