Ecological Network Indicators of Ecosystem Status and Change in the Baltic Sea

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Tomczak, Maciej T ^a   Heymans, Johanna J ^b   Yletyinen, Johanna ^a   Niiranen, Susa ^a   Otto, Saskia A ^a   Blenckner, Thorsten ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BALTIC SEA; BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGICAL NETWORK ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; EUTROPHICATION; FISHERY; FISHING; FOOD WEB; MARINE ENVIRONMENT;

ANIMALS; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OCEANS AND SEAS;

EID: 84885074210     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0075439     Document Type: Article

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