Using ecological thresholds to inform resource management: current options and future possibilities

In the face of growing human impacts on ecosystems, scientists and managers recognize the need to better understand thresholds and nonlinear dynamics in ecological systems to help set management targets. However, our understanding of the factors that drive threshold dynamics, and when and how rapidl...

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Main Authors: Melissa M Foley, Rebecca G Martone, Michael D Fox, Carrie V Kappel, Lindley A: Mease, Ashley L Erickson, Benjamin S Halpern, Kimberly A Selkoe, Peter eTaylor, Courtney eScarborough
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmars.2015.00095/full