Assessing and managing freshwater ecosystems vulnerable to environmental change
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Assessing and managing freshwater ecosystems vulnerable to environmental change
Freshwater ecosystems are important for global biodiversity and provide essential ecosystem services. There is consensus in the scientific literature that freshwater ecosystems are vulnerable to the impacts of environmental change, which may trigger irreversible regime shifts upon which biodiversity and ecosystem services may be lost. There are profound uncertainties regarding the management an...
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عنوان ژورنال: AMBIO
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0044-7447,1654-7209
DOI: 10.1007/s13280-014-0566-z