Enhancing causal assessment of estuarine fishkills using graphical models

Ecosystems

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 11-19

  Stow, Craig A ^a   Borsuk, Mark E ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Estuarine environments; Fishkills; Graphical models; Modeling; Neuse River Estuary; Pfiesteria piscicida; Pfiesteria like organisms; Toxic Pfiesteria; Water quality

Indexed keywords

DINOFLAGELLATE; FISH; MORTALITY; TOXIC ORGANISM; TOXICITY;

NEUSE ESTUARY; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

DINOPHYCEAE; PFIESTERIA; PFIESTERIA PISCICIDA;

EID: 0037218644     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/pl00021508     Document Type: Review

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