New approaches to simulating the complex interaction effects of multiple human impacts on the marine environment

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 764-774

  Griffith, Gary P ^a,b   Fulton, Elizabeth A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

ecosystem based management; end to end ecosystem models; human impacts; interactions; non linear dynamics

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONLINEARITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; SIMULATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84901450473     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fst196     Document Type: Article

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