Energy flow through the Lake Ontario food web: Conceptual model and an attempt at mass balance

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-36

  Halfon, Efraim ^a   Schito, Natalie ^a   Ulanowicz, Robert E ^b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b University of Maryland   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy flow; Food webs; Lake ecosystems

Indexed keywords

ENERGY FLOW; FOOD WEB; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MODELLING;

NORTH AMERICA, GREAT LAKES, LAKE ONTARIO;

EID: 0029661278     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3800(94)00195-2     Document Type: Article

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