Trophic flow kinetics in marine ecosystems: Toward a theoretical approach to ecosystem functioning

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 217, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 33-47

  Gascuel, Didier ^a,b   Morissette, Lyne ^b   Palomares, Maria Lourdes D ^b   Christensen, Villy ^b  

^a Ecology and Ecosystem Health   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ecopath; Ecosystem functioning; Ecosystem modelling; Ecosystems resilience; Empirical relationships; Fishing impact; Marine ecosystem; P B ratios; Trophic flow kinetics; Trophic level

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEMS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SPEED;

DATA-SETS; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; FISH COMMUNITIES; FISH STOCKS; FLOW KINETICS; HUMAN DISTURBANCES; MARINE ECOSYSTEMS; TRANSFER KINETICS; TROPHIC LEVELS; WATER TEMPERATURES;

ECOLOGY;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FISHING; FOOD WEB; KINETICS; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SOFTWARE; THEORETICAL STUDY; TOP-DOWN CONTROL; TROPHIC CASCADE; TROPHIC LEVEL; WATER TEMPERATURE;

AVES; MAMMALIA;

EID: 48349131659     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2008.05.012     Document Type: Article

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