Multiple stable states and relationship between thresholds in processes and states

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 413, Issue , 2010, Pages 189-200

  Petraitis, Peter S ^a   Hoffman, Catharine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative stable states; Coral reefs; Fisheries; Intertidal; Multiple stable states; Rocky shores; Seagrasses; Subtidal; Thresholds

Indexed keywords

CORAL REEF; FISHERY REGULATION; LOTKA-VOLTERRA MODEL; ROCKY SHORE; SEAGRASS; STABILIZATION; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 77957330219     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08691     Document Type: Article

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