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Identifying thresholds for ecosystem-based management.

Jameal F JF Samhouri, Phillip S PS Levin, and Cameron H CH Ainsworth

PLoS One 5(1):e8907 (2010) PMID 20126647

One of the greatest obstacles to moving ecosystem-based management (EBM) from concept to practice is the lack of a systematic approach to defining ecosystem-level decision criteria, or reference points that trigger management action.

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0008907
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