Incorporation of diet information derived from Bayesian stable isotope mixing models into mass-balanced marine ecosystem models: A case study from the Marennes-Oléron Estuary, France

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 267, Issue , 2013, Pages 127-137

  Pacella, Stephen R ^a,b   Lebreton, Benoit ^c   Richard, Pierre ^c   Phillips, Donald ^b   DeWitt, Theodore H ^b   Niquil, Nathalie ^c  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Ecological model; Food web; Inverse analysis; Seagrass; Stable isotope

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FOOD WEBS; INVERSE ANALYSIS; SEAGRASSES; STABLE ISOTOPES;

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; COLOR IMAGE PROCESSING; CONSTRAINT THEORY; ECOLOGY; ESTIMATION; INVERSE PROBLEMS; NUTRITION; PLANTS (BOTANY); SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

ISOTOPES;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; DIET; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MASS BALANCE; NICHE PARTITIONING; SEAGRASS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

FRANCE; MARENNES-OLERON BAY; POITOU-CHARENTES;

EID: 84883277876     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2013.07.018     Document Type: Article

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