Trophic model of a lightly exploited cod-dominated ecosystem

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 214, Issue 2-4, 2008, Pages 95-111

  Pedersen, Torstein ^a   Nilsen, Marianne ^a   Nilssen, Einar M ^a   Berg, Erik ^b   Reigstad, Marit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cod; Ecopath; Fish production; Food web; Trophic level

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; FISHERIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

ECOPATH; FISH PRODUCTION; FOOD-WEBS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

BENTHOS; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; FJORD; FOOD WEB; GADOID; MASS BALANCE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; TROPHIC LEVEL; YIELD;

EURASIA; EUROPE; HORDALAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA; SORFJORDEN;

CHAETOGNATHA; COPEPODA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EUPHAUSIACEA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 43049154806     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2007.12.012     Document Type: Article

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