Estimation of ecological exergy using weighing parameters determined from DNA contents of organisms - A case study

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 475-476, Issue , 2002, Pages 79-90

  Fonseca, Júlio C ^a   Pardal, Miguel A ^a   Azeiteiro, Ulisses M ^a,b   Marques, João C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSIDADE ABERTA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Ecological orientor; Ecosystem; Eutrophication; Exergy; Management

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; DNA; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EUTROPHICATION; EXERGY;

STRUCTURAL ORGANIZATION;

ECOLOGY;

BENTHOS; DNA; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EUTROPHICATION; EXERGY;

PORTUGAL;

EID: 17344378233     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020392604183     Document Type: Article

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