Food web modelling for investigating ecosystem behaviour in large reservoirs of the south-eastern United States: Lessons from Lake Lanier, Georgia

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 173, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 129-158

  Osidele, O O ^a   Beck, M B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Food web model; Lake Lanier; Regionalized sensitivity analysis; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FOOD WEB; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; RESERVOIR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

GEORGIA; LANIER LAKE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 1542653259     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2003.06.003     Document Type: Article

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