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Record Nr.

UNINA9910694830703321

Titolo

Ecological forecasting [[electronic resource] ] : new tools for coastal and marine ecosystem management / / editors, Nathalie J. Valette-Silver, and Donald Scavia

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Silver Spring, Md.] : , : U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Ocean Service, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, , [2003]

Collana

NOAA technical memorandum NOS NCCOS ; ; 1

Altri autori (Persone)

Valette-SilverNathalie J

ScaviaDonald

Soggetti

Ecological forecasting - United States

Ecosystem management - United States

Biotic communities - Forecasting

Marine ecology - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from title screen (viewed on June 17, 2004).

"July 2003."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Sommario/riassunto

"Policy makers, natural resource managers, regulators, and the public often call on scientists to estimate the potential ecological changes caused by both natural and human-induced stresses, and to determine how those changes will impact people and the environment. To develop forecasts of ecological changes we need to: 1) increase to understanding of ecosystem composition, structure and functioning, 2) expand ecosystem monitoring and apply advanced scientific information to make these complex data widely available, and 3) develop and improve forecast and interpretative tools that use the scientific bases to assess the results of management and science policy actions."