Uncertainties in a baltic sea food-web model reveal challenges for future projections

Ambio

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 613-625

  Niiranen, Susa ^a   Blenckner, Thorsten ^a   Hjerne, Olle ^a   Tomczak, MacIej T ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Ecopath with Ecosim; Ecosystem based management; Food web; Model sensitivity; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; FOOD WEB; FUTURE PROSPECT; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MODEL VALIDATION; PREDICTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TROPHIC CONTROL; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BALTIC STATES; BIOMASS; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD INDUSTRY; SEA; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNCERTAINTY;

BALTIC STATES; BIOMASS; FISHERIES; FOOD CHAIN; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OCEANS AND SEAS; SEAWATER; UNCERTAINTY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

EID: 84867175024     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13280-012-0324-z     Document Type: Article

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