Testing for thresholds of ecosystem collapse in seagrass meadows

• Published in: Conservation biology Vol. 31; no. 5; pp. 1196 - 1201
• Main Authors: Connell, Sean D., Fernandes, Milena, Burnell, Owen W., Doubleday, Zoë A., Griffin, Kingsley J., Irving, Andrew D., Leung, Jonathan Y.S., Owen, Samuel, Russell, Bayden D., Falkenberg, Laura J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Wiley Blackwell, Inc 01.10.2017; Blackwell Publishing Ltd
• Subjects: Aquatic plants; cambio de fase; clearcutting; coastal water; Coastal waters; coasts; Conservation of Natural Resources; Ecological effects; Ecosystem; Ecosystem management; Ecosystems; environmental health; Environmental monitoring; Environmental stress; Epiphytes; eutrofización; Eutrophication; habitat loss; Leaves; Management; Marine ecology; Mineral nutrients; momento crítico; monitoring; nitrogen; Nutrient enrichment; Nutrient loading; Nutrient loss; nutrientes; Nutrients; Oceans and Seas; phase shift; Poaceae; pérdida de hábitat; Research Note; Restoration; Runoff; Sea grasses; seagrasses; Storm runoff; Stormwater; Stormwater management; Stormwater runoff; Thresholds; tipping point; urbanization; Wastewater; eutrofización; habitat loss; phase shift; cambio de fase; tipping point; eutrophication; nutrientes; pérdida de hábitat; momento crítico; nutrients

Although the public desire for healthy environments is clear-cut, the science and management of ecosystem health has not been as simple. Ecological systems can be dynamic and can shift abruptly from one ecosystem state to another. Such unpredictable shifts result when ecological thresholds are cross...