Importance of trophic information, simplification and aggregation error in ecosystem models

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 360, Issue , 2008, Pages 25-36

  Metcalf, S J ^a,b,c   Dambacher, J M ^b   Hobday, A J ^a,b   Lyle, J M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diet; Model structure; Qualitative modelling; Regular equivalence

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; DIET; DIETARY OVERLAP; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; PERCIFORM; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

APLODACTYLUS ARCTIDENS; CHEILODACTYLUS SPECTABILIS; LATRIDOPSIS; LATRIDOPSIS CILIARIS; NOTOLABRUS TETRICUS; PENTACEROPSIS RECURVIROSTRIS;

EID: 46949100912     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07394     Document Type: Article

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