Conceptual Framework for Assessing Ecosystem Health
Harwell MA, Gentile JH, McKinney LD, Tunnell Jr JW, Dennison WC, Kelsey RH, Stanzel KM, Stunz GW, Withers K, and Tunnell J ·
2019
Over the past century, the environment of the Gulf of Mexico has been significantly altered and impaired by extensive human activities. A national commitment to restore the Gulf was finally initiated in response to the unprecedented Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010. Consequently, there is a critical need for an assessment framework and associated set of indicators that can characterize the health and sustainability of an ecosystem having the scale and complexity of the Gulf.
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