Nature Communications (Nov 2017)

Timing anthropogenic stressors to mitigate their impact on marine ecosystem resilience

  • Paul Pao-Yen Wu,
  • Kerrie Mengersen,
  • Kathryn McMahon,
  • Gary A. Kendrick,
  • Kathryn Chartrand,
  • Paul H. York,
  • Michael A. Rasheed,
  • M. Julian Caley

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01306-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Stressors such as sediment dredging can harm marine organisms, but this impact could be minimised if targeted within ‘ecological windows’. Here, Wu and colleagues develop a modelling framework to identify ecological windows that maximise seagrass resilience under varying dredging schedules.