Mass balanced and dynamic simulations of trophic models of kelp ecosystems near the Mejillones Peninsula of northern Chile (SE Pacific): Comparative network structure and assessment of harvest strategies

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 216, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 31-46

  Ortiz, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTOFAGASTA   (Chile)

Author keywords

Barren ground; Blade harvest; Ecopath; Ecosim; Kelp ecosystems; Northern Chile

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HARVESTING; MARINE BIOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

BARREN GROUND; BLADE HARVESTING; ECOPATH; ECOSIM; KELP ECOSYSTEMS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

BIOMASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; HARVESTING; HERBIVORE; KELP FOREST; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MASS BALANCE; MORTALITY; NETWORK ANALYSIS; SNAIL; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

ANTOFAGASTA; CHILE; MEJILLONES PENINSULA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTHEAST); SOUTH AMERICA;

CHEILODACTYLUS VARIEGATUS; ECHINOIDEA; GASTROPODA; HELIANTHUS; HELIASTER HELIANTHUS; LESSONIA TRABECULATA; MACROCYSTIS; MACROCYSTIS INTEGRIFOLIA; MEYENASTER GELATINOSUS; PINGUIPES CHILENSIS; PISCES; TEGULA; TURRITELLA;

EID: 46549089693     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2008.04.006     Document Type: Article

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