A thermodynamic perspective on food webs: Quantifying entropy production within detrital-based ecosystems

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 249, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 124-139

  Meysman, Filip J R ^a   Bruers, Stijn ^b  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Dissipation; Ecology; Ecosystem; Modeling; Non equilibrium thermodynamics

Indexed keywords

ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENTROPY; FOOD WEB; MARINE SEDIMENT; THERMODYNAMICS;

ARTICLE; DETRITUS; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENTROPY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FOOD WEB; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT; THERMODYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; ENTROPY; FOOD CHAIN; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OCEANS AND SEAS;

EID: 35148898824     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2007.07.015     Document Type: Article

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