Scaling-up from experiments to complex ecological systems: Where to next?

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 216, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 243-254

  Thrush, S F ^a   Schneider, D C ^b   Legendre, P ^c   Whitlatch, R B ^d   Dayton, P K ^e   Hewitt, J E ^a   Hines, A H ^f   Cummings, V J ^a   Lawrie, S M ^g   Grant, J ^h   Pridmore, R D ^a   Turner, S J ^a   McArdle, B H ⁱ  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^h DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; FAUNA; HYDRODYNAMICS; MOLLUSC; SEDIMENT; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

EID: 0030921257     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(97)00099-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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