Dysfunctionality in ecosystem models: An underrated pitfall?

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 84, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 66-68

  Anderson, Thomas R ^a   Mitra, Aditee ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE STUDIES; CURRENT GENERATION; ECOSYSTEM MODEL; INCOMPLETE KNOWLEDGE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MARINE FOOD WEB; MODEL FORMULATION; NUTRIENT INTERACTIONS; TYPE II;

COMPLEXATION; ECOSYSTEMS; MODEL STRUCTURES;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ECOPHYSIOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOOD WEB; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PARAMETERIZATION; PHENOLOGY; PHYTOPLANKTON; PREDATOR;

EID: 76749089988     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2009.09.007     Document Type: Article

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