Network analysis of a benthic food web model of a partly reclaimed island in the Sundarban mangrove ecosystem, India

Journal of Biological Systems

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 263-278

  Ray, Santanu ^a   Ulanowicz, Robert E ^b   Majee, N C ^c   Roy, A B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Ascendency; Benthic; Foodweb; Mangrove; Network analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0004621062     PISSN: 02183390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218339000000171     Document Type: Article

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