Ecosystem flow dynamics in the Baltic Proper-Using a multi-trophic dataset as a basis for food-web modelling

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 230, Issue , 2012, Pages 123-147

  Tomczak, M T ^a   Niiranen, S ^a   Hjerne, O ^a   Blenckner, T ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ecopath with Ecosim; Ecosystem dynamics; Food web interactions; Regime shift; Trophic flows

Indexed keywords

BALTIC SEA; DATA SETS; ECOPATH WITH ECOSIM; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEM-BASED MANAGEMENT; FLOW DYNAMICS; FOOD WEBS; FOOD-WEB MODELS; LONG TERM MONITORING; MACROZOOBENTHOS; MULTIPLE TROPHIC LEVELS; PRIMARY PRODUCERS; REGIME SHIFT; REORGANISATION; SYSTEM'S DYNAMICS; TOP PREDATOR; TROPHIC FLOWS; TROPHIC INTERACTIONS; TROPHIC LEVEL;

BIODIVERSITY; DYNAMICS; FISHERIES; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA SET; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD WEB; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEMIENCLOSED SEA; SOFTWARE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TROPHIC LEVEL; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; ZOOBENTHOS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

SPRATTUS SPRATTUS;

EID: 84857134733     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2011.12.014     Document Type: Article

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