The Mechanisms of Coexistence and Competitive Exclusion in Complex Plankton Ecosystem Models

Ecosystems

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 200-212

  Cropp, Roger ^a   Norbury, John ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

coexistence; competitive exclusion; keystone species; long term low density growth rate; plankton functional type model; trophic cascade

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COEXISTENCE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); ECOSYSTEM MODELING; FISHERY MODELING; FUNCTIONAL CHANGE; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; KEYSTONE SPECIES; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLANKTON; THEORETICAL STUDY; TROPHIC LEVEL;

EID: 84857782003     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-011-9503-1     Document Type: Article

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