Preliminary trophic model of the Antarctic Peninsula Ecosystem (Sub-area CCAMLR 48.1)

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 218, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 1-17

  Cornejo Donoso, Jorge ^a   Antezana, Tarsicio ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

Author keywords

Antarctic Peninsula; CCAMLR 48.1; Ecopath; Euphausia superba; Krill; Krill fishery; Mass balance; Trophic model

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING; ALGAE CONTROL; BIOMASS; BIRDS; CANNING; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; EARTH SCIENCES; ECOLOGY; ELECTRIC LINES; FOOD PRESERVATION; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; MAMMALS; MASS TRANSFER; OCEANOGRAPHY; PEST CONTROL; PHYTOPLANKTON; THERMOLUMINESCENCE;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; BALEEN WHALES; BENTHIC ORGANISMS; CCAMLR 48.1; COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; CONNECTANCE; DATA GAPS; DETRITIVORES; ECOPATH; EUPHAUSIA SUPERBA; FOOD WEBS; FUNCTIONAL UNIT; HIGH TEMPORAL; INTEGRATED MODELLING; KRILL; KRILL FISHERY; MASS BALANCE; MASS FLOWS; MESO-SCALE; PRODUCTION RATES; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; STEADY STATES; TOTAL TRANSFER; TROPHIC INTERACTIONS; TROPHIC LEVELS; TROPHIC MODEL; TROPHIC STRUCTURE; WINTER SEASONS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

BENTHOS; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CRUSTACEAN; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; FISHERY; FOOD WEB; MASS TRANSFER; PHYTOPLANKTON; PREDATOR; SOFTWARE; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TROPHIC INTERACTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; WEST ANTARCTICA;

AVES; BALAENOPTERA; BALAENOPTERA ACUTOROSTRATA; CETACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); ELECTRONA ANTARCTICA; EUPHAUSIA SUPERBA; EUPHAUSIACEA; HYDRURGA LEPTONYX; MAMMALIA; MYSTICETI; ORCINUS ORCA; PHYSETER CATODON; PHYSETERIDAE; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 50849137190     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2008.06.011     Document Type: Article

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