Quantifying food web flows using linear inverse models

Ecosystems

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 32-45

  van Oevelen, Dick ^a,b   van den Meersche, Karel ^a,c   Meysman, Filip J R ^b   Soetaert, Karline ^a   Middelburg, Jack J ^a,d   Vézina, Alain F ^e  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Food web; Likelihood; Linear inverse model; Mass balance; Optimization; Stable isotopes; Stoichiometry

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FATTY ACID; FOOD WEB; MASS BALANCE; OPTIMIZATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; SOFTWARE; STABLE ISOTOPE; STOICHIOMETRY;

EID: 77949264877     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-009-9297-6     Document Type: Article

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