Response of balanced network models to large-scale perturbation: Implications for evaluating the role of small pelagics in the Gulf of Maine

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 220, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 351-369

  Link, Jason ^a   Col, Laurel ^a   Guida, Vincent ^a   Dow, David ^a   O'Reilly, John ^b   Green, Jack ^b   Overholtz, William ^a   Palka, Debra ^a   Legault, Chris ^a   Vitaliano, Joseph ^a   Griswold, Carolyn ^b   Fogarty, Michael ^a   Friedland, Kevin ^b  

^a NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecosystem approaches to fisheries management; Energy budget; Food web; Network analysis; Tradeoffs; Trophodynamics

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; BUDGET CONTROL; ECOSYSTEMS; ELECTRIC FURNACE PROCESS; ELECTRIC FURNACES; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; FISHERIES; FOOD ADDITIVES; GEOPHYSICS; GRAPH THEORY; METROPOLITAN AREA NETWORKS; NETWORK MANAGEMENT; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

ECOSYSTEM APPROACHES TO FISHERIES MANAGEMENT; ENERGY BUDGET; FOOD WEB; NETWORK ANALYSIS; TRADEOFFS; TROPHODYNAMICS;

ECOLOGY;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOMASS; DIET; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ENERGY BUDGET; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MAINE;

EID: 58149336825     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2008.10.009     Document Type: Article

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