Ecological and Social Dynamics in Simple Models of Ecosystem Management

• Published in: Conservation ecology Vol. 3; no. 2; p. 4
• Main Authors: Carpenter, Stephen, Brock, William, Hanson, Paul
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Resilience Alliance 01.12.1999
• Subjects: adaptive agent models; adaptive management; Agricultural management; bounded rationality; ecological economics; Ecological modeling; Ecosystem models; ecosystem oscillations; Ecosystems; Environmental policy; Freshwater ecosystems; integrated models; lake eutrophication; Lentic systems; nonpoint pollution; Phosphorus; phosphorus cycles; simulation models; social-natural systems; Soil pollution; Water pollution

Simulation models were developed to explore and illustrate dynamics of socioecological systems. The ecosystem is a lake subject to phosphorus pollution. Phosphorus flows from agriculture to upland soils, to surface waters, where it cycles between water and sediments. The ecosystem is multistable, an...