Exergy as a tool for ecosystem health assessment

Entropy

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 902-925

  Silow, Eugene A ^a   Mokry, Andrew V ^a  

^a IRKUTSK STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Ecosystem health assessment; Exergy; Lake baikal; Plankton

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953488376     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10994300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/e12040902     Document Type: Review

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