Modeling Trophic Structure and Energy Flows in a Coastal Artificial Ecosystem Using Mass-Balance Ecopath Model

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 351-363

  Xu, Shannan ^a   Chen, Zuozhi ^b   Li, Shiyu ^a   He, Peimin ^c  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOUTH CHINA SEA FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

^c SHANGHAI OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Artificial ecosystem; Detrital flows; Ecopath model; Energy transfer; Trophic level; Trophic structure

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL ECOSYSTEM; BAY; DETRITUS; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ENERGY FLOW; FISH; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; INVERTEBRATE; MASS BALANCE; NETWORK ANALYSIS; PISCIVORE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SOFTWARE; TROPHIC LEVEL;

CHINA; HANGZHOU BAY; ZHEJIANG;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); MOLLUSCA;

EID: 79751536953     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-010-9323-0     Document Type: Article

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