Ecological forecasting : new tools for coastal and marine ecosystem management / editors, Nathalie J. Valette-Silver, and Donald Scavia.
Imprint
[Silver Spring, Md.] : U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Ocean Service, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, [2003]
Title from title screen (viewed on June 17, 2004).
File Type
Electronic text and representational data in PDF format.
Note
"July 2003."
Form
Also available in print.
Summary
"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."
