The use of 'ecological risk' for assessing effects of human activities: An example including eutrophication and offshore wind farm construction in the north sea

This paper takes the move from the uncertainty surrounding ecosystem thresholds and addresses the issue of ecosystem-state assessment by means of ecological integrity indicators and 'ecological risk'. The concept of 'ecological risk' gives a measure of the likelihood of ecosystem...

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Main Authors: Corinna Nunneri, Hermann Josef Lenhart, Benjamin Burkhard, Franciscus Colijn, Felix Müller, Wilhelm Windhorst
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Association for Landscape Ecology, Chapter Germany 2008-07-01
Series:Landscape Online
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Online Access:https://www.landscape-online.org/index.php/lo/article/view/86