Do inverse ecosystem models accurately reconstruct plankton trophic flows? Comparing two solution methods using field data from the California Current

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 20-33

  Stukel, Michael R ^a   Landry, Michael R ^a   Ohman, Mark D ^a   Goericke, Ralf ^a   Samo, Ty ^a   Benitez Nelson, Claudia R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

California Current System; Ecosystem dynamics; Food web; Linear inverse model; Plankton; Trophic structure

Indexed keywords

CALIFORNIA CURRENT SYSTEMS; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; FOOD WEBS; LINEAR INVERSE MODELS; PLANKTON; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

BACTERIOLOGY; INVERSE PROBLEMS; LAKES; MARKOV PROCESSES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OCEAN HABITATS; USER INTERFACES;

ECOSYSTEMS;

BACTERIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOOD WEB; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MARKOV CHAIN; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; ZOOPLANKTON;

CALIFORNIA CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROTOZOA;

EID: 80755153053     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2011.09.004     Document Type: Article

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