Ecological community description using the food web, species abundance, and body size

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1781-1786

  Cohen, Joel E ^a,b   Jonsson, Tomas ^a,d   Carpenter, Stephen R ^c  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SKÖVDE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Allometry; Biomass spectrum; Body mass; Energetics; Pelagic zone

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; ECOLOGY; ENERGY TRANSFER; FOOD WEB; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PELAGIC ZONE; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

BODY CONSTITUTION; FOOD CHAIN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0037452610     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.232715699     Document Type: Article

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