Modeling and evaluating ecosystem in 1980s and 1990s for American lobster (Homarus americanus) in the Gulf of Maine

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 203, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 475-489

  Zhang, Yuying ^a   Chen, Yong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecopath; Ecosystem modeling; Gulf of Maine; Homarus americanus; Regime shift

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEMS; MARINE BIOLOGY; PHYTOPLANKTON;

ECOPATH; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; GULF OF MAINE; HOMARUS AMERICANUS; REGIME SHIFT;

FISH;

BIOMASS; CLUPEOID; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; LOBSTER; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MASS BALANCE; PLANKTON; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MAINE;

CLUPEA HARENGUS; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); HOMARUS AMERICANUS; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 34047145408     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2006.12.019     Document Type: Article

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