Are closure terms appropriate or necessary descriptors of zooplankton loss in nutrient-phytoplankton-zooplankton type models?

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 220, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 611-620

  Mitra, Aditee ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cannibalism; Carnivory; Closure term; Intra guild predation; NPZ models; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

ALGAE CONTROL; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEMS; FOOD ADDITIVES; FUNCTIONS; NUTRIENTS; OCEAN HABITATS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

CANNIBALISM; CARNIVORY; CLOSURE TERM; INTRA-GUILD PREDATION; NPZ MODELS; ZOOPLANKTON;

ECOLOGY;

CANNIBALISM; CARNIVORY; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; FOOD WEB; GRAZING; INTRAGUILD PREDATION; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PHYTOPLANKTON; ZOOPLANKTON;

EID: 58849135287     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2008.12.008     Document Type: Article

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