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The sustainability of aquatic ecosystems: an overview of the problem

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Stability is a major quality of systems. We discuss the mathematical formalization and hydrobiological examples of various definitions of stability: Lyapunov, Lagrange (steadiness), Poisson (periodic stability), Svirezhev (hierarchical), Holling (resilience), Fleishman (vitality), and Gnedenko (reliability) stabilities.

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Original Russian Text © G.S. Rozenberg, T.D. Zinchenko, 2014, published in Aridnye Ekosistemy, 2014, Vol. 4, No. 4(61), pp. 12–25.

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Rozenberg, G.S., Zinchenko, T.D. The sustainability of aquatic ecosystems: an overview of the problem. Arid Ecosyst 4, 234–243 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1134/S2079096114040106

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Keywords

  • stability
  • steadiness
  • reliability
  • vitality
  • resilience