Reconstruction of ecosystem flows using inverse methods: How well do they work?

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 40-41, Issue , 2003, Pages 55-77

  Vézina, Alain F ^a   Pahlow, Markus ^a  

^a BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biogeochemical cycles; Carbon cycling; Ecosystem modelling; Food webs; Inverse method; Mass balance models; Nitrogen cycling; Numerical experiments

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; GEOCHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

BIOGEOCHEMICAL COMPONENTS;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CARBON CYCLE; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; MASS BALANCE; NITROGEN CYCLE; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS;

EID: 0037696363     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-7963(03)00013-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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