• Academic publication

Monitoring for tipping points in the marine environment

Hewitt JE & Thrush SF (2019)
Journal of Environmental Management 234: 131-137

Highlights
  • Present environmental monitoring is not designed to detect approaching tipping points.
  • Ecological variability does not prevent detection of approaching tipping points.
  • There are numerous ways ecologists can increase certainty that a tipping point has occurred.
  • Surveillance monitoring is crucial to management where surprises may occur.
Keywords

Threshold responses, Management, Design, Early warning signals, Detection, Methods