The effects of aggregation on the performance of the inverse method and indicators of network analysis

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 220, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 3448-3464

  Johnson, Galen A ^a   Niquil, Nathalie ^b   Asmus, Harald ^c   Bacher, Cédric ^a   Asmus, Ragnhild ^c   Baird, Daniel ^d  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

^c ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Ecological indicators; Estuary; Food web; Inverse method; Network analysis

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION; ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS; FOOD WEB; INVERSE METHOD; NETWORK ANALYSIS;

ECOSYSTEMS; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; FOOD ADDITIVES;

INVERSE PROBLEMS;

AGGREGATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ESTIMATION METHOD; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD WEB; HABITAT CREATION; INVERSE ANALYSIS;

EID: 70350786518     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2009.08.003     Document Type: Article

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