Assessing interactions of multiple stressors when data are limited: A Bayesian belief network applied to coral reefs

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 64-72

  Ban, Stephen S ^a   Pressey, Robert L ^a   Graham, Nicholas A J ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bayesian belief network; Climate change; Conservation planning; Coral reef; Expert elicitation; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION PLANNING; CORAL REEF; EXPERT SYSTEM; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER QUALITY;

AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 84905189689     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2014.04.018     Document Type: Article

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