Simplifying the complex: An 'Ecosystem principles approach' to goods and services management in marine coastal ecosystems

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 434, Issue , 2011, Pages 291-301

  Townsend, M ^a   Thrush, S F ^a   Carbines, M J ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b AUCKLAND COUNCIL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Complexity; Ecosystem functions; Ecosystem processes; Ecosystem based management; Fundamental principles; Goods and services; Millennium Assessment

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; COMPLEXITY; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MARINE POLICY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 79961051160     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09118     Document Type: Article

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