Ecological thresholds in marine communities: Theory, experiments and management

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 413, Issue , 2010, Pages 185-187

  Osman, Richard W ^a   Munguia, Pablo ^b   Zajac, Roman N ^c  

^a SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAVEN   (United States)

Author keywords

Management; Multiple stable states; Resilience; Thresholds; Tipping points

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC COMMUNITY; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; TOLERANCE;

EID: 77957337729     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08765     Document Type: Article

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