Ecological and Social Dynamics in Simple Models of Ecosystem Management

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...

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Main Authors: Stephen R. Carpenter, William Brock, Paul Hanson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Resilience Alliance 1999-12-01
Series:Ecology and Society
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Online Access:http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol3/iss2/art4/