Effects of invertebrate patch use behaviour and detritus quality on reed leaf decomposition in aquatic systems: A modelling approach

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 205, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 492-506

  Alemanno, Sara ^a   Mancinelli, Giorgio ^a   Basset, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Behavioural approach; Decomposition; Model simulations; Patch dynamics; Phragmites australis

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECOMPOSITION; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ROCKS;

AQUATIC SYSTEMS; COASTAL LAGOONS; MACROINVERTEBRATES; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

BENTHOS; COLONIZATION; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DETRITUS; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; INVERTEBRATE; LEAF; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MONOCOTYLEDON; PATCH USE; SIMULATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; LAKE ALIMINI GRANDE; LECCE; PUGLIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

INVERTEBRATA; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS;

EID: 34248678450     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2007.03.009     Document Type: Article

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