Does food web theory work for marine ecosystems?

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 230, Issue , 2002, Pages 1-9

  Link, Jason ^a  

^a NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Continental shelf; Food web dynamics; Predator; Prey; Species interactions; Stability

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVITY; CONTINENTAL SHELF; FOOD WEB; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

(NORTHEAST); UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037023614     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps230001     Document Type: Article

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