Marine aquaculture off Sardinia Island (Italy): Ecosystem effects evaluated through a trophic mass-balance model

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 212, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 292-303

  Díaz López, Bruno ^a   Bunke, Mandy ^a   Bernal Shirai, Julia Andrea ^a  

^a The Bottlenose Dolphin Research Institute BDRI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; Ecopath; Mass balance model; Top predators

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

MASS BALANCE MODEL; TOP PREDATORS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

AQUACULTURE; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FINFISH; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MASS BALANCE; NUTRIENT; PREDATOR; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ARANCI BAY; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SARDINIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 39649093179     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2007.10.028     Document Type: Article

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