Eutrophication and overfishing in temperate nearshore pelagic food webs: A network perspective

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 336, Issue , 2007, Pages 1-14

  Vasas, Vera ^a,d   Lancelot, Christiane ^a   Rousseau, Véronique ^a   Jordán, Ferenc ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (Hungary)

^c DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY   (Hungary)

^d EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Coastal ecosystem; Eutrophication; Food web; Gelatinous plankton; Harmful algal blooms; Indirect effects; Network analysis; Overfishing

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DINOFLAGELLATE; EUTROPHICATION; FOOD WEB; HUMAN ACTIVITY; JELLYFISH; LITERATURE REVIEW; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; NETWORK ANALYSIS; OVERFISHING; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RED TIDE; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; WATER COLUMN;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; NOCTILUCA; PISCES; SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 34249930875     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps336001     Document Type: Article

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