TY - BOOK ID - 145176372 TI - Ecological forecasting : new tools for coastal and marine ecosystem management AU - Valette-Silver, Nathalie J. AU - Scavia, Donald. AU - National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (U.S.) PY - 2003 PB - [Silver Spring, Md.] : U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Ocean Service, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, DB - UniCat KW - Ecological forecasting KW - Ecosystem management KW - Biotic communities KW - Marine ecology KW - Forecasting. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:145176372 AB - "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." ER -