Ecological network analyses and their use for establishing reference domain in functional assessment of an estuary

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 220, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 3113-3122

  Christian, Robert R ^a   Brinson, Mark M ^a   Dame, James K ^a   Johnson, Galen ^b   Peterson, Charles H ^b   Baird, Daniel ^c  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Eutrophication; Food web; Functional assessment; Hypoxia; Network analysis; Neuse River Estuary; Reference domain

Indexed keywords

FOOD WEB; HYPOXIA; NETWORK ANALYSIS; NEUSE RIVER ESTUARY; REFERENCE DOMAIN;

BIOMASS; DAMPING; ECOSYSTEMS; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ESTUARIES; EUTROPHICATION; FOOD ADDITIVES; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; RIVERS;

NETWORK MANAGEMENT;

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; EUTROPHICATION; FOOD WEB; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; HYPOXIA; NEKTON; NETWORK ANALYSIS; POLICY MAKING; RESPONSE ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

NEUSE ESTUARY; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70350092330     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2009.07.012     Document Type: Article

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