Regional-scale scenario modeling for coral reefs: A decision support tool to inform management of a complex system

Ecological Applications

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1380-1398

  Melbourne Thomas, Jessica ^a   Johnson, Craig R ^a   Fung, Tak ^b   Seymour, Robert M ^c   Chérubin, Laurent M ^d   Ernesto Arias Gonzalez J ^e   Fulton, Elizabeth A ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^e INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^f CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Coral reef dynamics; Coral reef management; Decision support tool; Ecosystem model; Meso American Reef system

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORAL REEF; DECISION MAKING; DISTURBANCE; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; HARVESTING; LARVA; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NUMERICAL MODEL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; BELIZE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CORAL REEF; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MEXICO; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; BELIZE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CORAL REEFS; MEXICO; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

MESOAMERICA;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 79958776350     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/09-1564.1     Document Type: Article

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