Marine environment

Resilience of marine systems

The concept of resilience is not straightforward, with definitions varying across social and scientific disciplines. Complexities in the level of detail also vary, depending on the system of focus.
2016
Relates to
Marine environment
Resilience
TasmaniaGreat Barrier Reef
Marine environment

Managing for resilience

Most management systems aimed at maintaining or enhancing resilience in components of the marine environment focus on reducing the cumulative nature of multiple impacts and avoiding dramatic shifts in species composition, also known as regime shifts.
2016
Relates to
Marine environment
Resilience
Great Barrier ReefMarine NorthMarine North WestMarine South East
Evans K, Bax NJ, Smith DC (2016). Marine environment: Topics. In: Australia state of the environment 2016, Australian Government Department of the Environment and Energy, Canberra, https://soe.environment.gov.au/theme/marine-environment/topics?framework=121, DOI 10.4226/94/58b657ea7c296