Marine Regime shifts: Drivers and impacts on Ecosystems services

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 370, Issue 1659, 2015, Pages 1-12

  Rocha, J ^a   Yletyinen, J ^a   Biggs, R ^a,b   Blenckner, T ^a   Peterson, G ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Critical transitions; Drivers; Ecosystem services; Networks; Regime shifts

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; GLOBAL CHANGE; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; VULNERABILITY;

EID: 84911922509     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2013.0273     Document Type: Article

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