Trophic flows in the southern Benguela during the 1980s and 1990s

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 39, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 83-116

  Shannon, Lynne J ^a,b   Moloney, Coleen L ^a,b   Jarre, Astrid ^c   Field, John G ^b  

^a MARINE AND COASTAL MANAGEMENT   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c Greenland Institute of Natural Rsrc   (Greenland)

Author keywords

Ecopath; Ecosystem models; Southern Benguela; Upwelling system

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEMS; FISHERIES; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS;

TROPHIC FLOWS;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; MASS BALANCE; TROPHIC STRUCTURE; UPWELLING; ZOOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BENGUELA SYSTEM;

MARTES; REXEA SOLANDRI;

EID: 0037316299     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-7963(02)00250-6     Document Type: Article

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