Robustness or resilience? Managing the intersection of ecology and engineering in an urban Alaskan fishery

Ecology and Society

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Krupa, Meagan B ^a   Stuart Chapin III, F ^b   Lovecraft, Amy L ^b  

^a ALASKA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Hatchery; Robustness theory; Salmon; Social ecological systems; Stream management; Urban fishery

Indexed keywords

FISHERY; HATCHERY; RIVER ENGINEERING; SALMONID; STREAM; URBAN ECONOMY; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ALASKA; ANCHORAGE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84903699590     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-06274-190217     Document Type: Article

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