Evaluating ecosystem response to oyster restoration and nutrient load reduction with a multispecies bioenergetics model

Ecological Applications

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 915-934

  Fulford, Richard S ^a   Breitburg, Denise L ^b   Luckenbach, Mark ^c   Newell, Roger I E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecosystem; Eutrophication; Food web; Modeling; Oyster; Restoration

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; BIVALVE; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; EUTROPHICATION; FOOD WEB; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEASONALITY; SECONDARY PRODUCTION; TRADE-OFF;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; EUTROPHICATION; OYSTER; PLANKTON; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANIMALS; CRASSOSTREA; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; EUTROPHICATION; MARYLAND; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANKTON;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; UNITED STATES;

BIVALVIA; CRASSOSTREA VIRGINICA; OSTREIDAE;

EID: 77953151930     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/08-1796.1     Document Type: Article

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