The trophic position of dead autochthonous organic material and its treatment in trophic analyses

Environmental Modeling and Assessment

Volumn 2, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 13-22

  Gaedke, Ursula ^a   Straile, Dietmar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbon recycling; Dead organic matter; Nutrient cycling; Trophic level; Trophic position; Trophic structure

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEMS; EFFICIENCY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; RECYCLING;

CARBON RECYCLING; NUTRIENT CYCLING; TROPHIC LEVEL; TROPHIC POSITION; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

NUTRIENTS;

CARBON CYCLE; CARBON EMISSION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FOOD WEB; NUTRIENT CYCLING; ORGANIC COMPOUND; TROPHIC CONDITIONS;

BODENSEE;

EID: 0031534343     PISSN: 14202026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1019084521761     Document Type: Article

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