Quantifying Hypoxia Impacts on an Estuarine Demersal Community Using a Hierarchical Ensemble Approach

Ecosystems

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1035-1048

  Essington, Timothy E ^a   Paulsen, Caroline E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

demersal community; estuarine ecology; eutrophication; hierarchical modeling; hypoxia; impact assessment

Indexed keywords

ANOXIA; BENTHIC-PELAGIC COUPLING; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; DEMERSAL FISH; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; EUTROPHICATION; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; HYPOXIA; INVERTEBRATE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SESSILE SPECIES; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

HOOD CANAL; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

INVERTEBRATA; PISCES;

EID: 77957754594     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-010-9372-z     Document Type: Article

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