Exploring methods for predicting multiple pressures on ecosystem recovery: A case study on marine eutrophication and fisheries

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 121, Issue , 2016, Pages 48-60

  Uusitalo, Laura ^a   Korpinen, Samuli ^a   Andersen, Jesper H ^b   Niiranen, Susa ^c   Valanko, Sebastian ^d   Heiskanen, Anna Stiina ^a   Dickey Collas, Mark ^e  

^a FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b NIVA Denmark Water Research   (Denmark)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d International Council for the Exploration of the Sea ^*  (Denmark)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cumulative effects; Fishing; Management; Modelling; Nutrient input; Pressures

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; EUTROPHICATION; FISHING; FOOD WEB; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PREDICTION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84960925235     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: 18736955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2015.11.002     Document Type: Article

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