Characterization of ecological exergy based on benthic macroinvertebrates in lotic ecosystems

Entropy

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2319-2339

  Bae, Mi Jung ^a   Li, Fengqing ^a   Verdonschot, Piet F M ^b   Park, Young Seuk ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ecosystem health assessment; Exergy; Nutrients; Random Forest; Self organizing map; Stream Size

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880009437     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10994300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/e15062319     Document Type: Article

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