A model analysis on the effect of decreasing nutrient loads on the biomass of benthic suspension feeders in the Oosterschelde ecosystem (SW Netherlands)

Aquatic Ecology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 395-408

  Van Der Tol, M W M ^a   Scholten, H ^b  

^a National Institute for Coastal and Marine Management RIKZ   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Carrying capacity model; Cockles; Ecosystem model; Mussels; Uncertainty analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0342449279     PISSN: 13862588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009956812400     Document Type: Article

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