Comparison of exergy found by a classical thermodynamic approach and by the use of the information stored in the genome

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 220, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 1897-1903

  Ludovisi, Alessandro ^a   Jørgensen, Sven Erik ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Beta value; Exergy; Structural information; Thermodynamic equilibrium; VECE value

Indexed keywords

BETA VALUE; BUFFER CAPACITY; CLASSICAL THERMODYNAMICS; FRESHWATER ORGANISMS; GOOD CORRELATIONS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; STRUCTURAL INFORMATION; THERMODYNAMIC EQUILIBRIUM; VECE-VALUE;

ECOSYSTEMS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EXERGY;

BIOTA; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXERGY; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GENOME; ORGANIC COMPOUND; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 67649214911     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2009.04.019     Document Type: Article

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