Nuclear DNA in the determination of weighing factors to estimate exergy from organisms biomass

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 126, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 179-189

  Fonseca, Júlio C ^a   Marques, João C ^a   Paiva, Artur A ^b   Freitas, Albertina M ^b   Madeira, Vítor M C ^c   Jørgensen, Sven E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Biomass; DNA content; Exergy estimation; System ecology; Thermodynamics; Weighing factors

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; DNA; EXERGY;

EID: 0034724088     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3800(00)00264-7     Document Type: Article

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