Modeling species invasions in Ecopath with Ecosim: An evaluation using Laurentian Great Lakes models

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 247, Issue , 2012, Pages 251-261

  Langseth, Brian J ^a   Rogers, Mark ^b   Zhang, Hongyan ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecopath; Ecosim; Food web models; Great Lakes; Invasive species

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEMS; FISHERIES; TIME SERIES;

ECOPATH WITH ECOSIM; ECOSYSTEM CHANGES; FISHERIES MANAGEMENT; INVASIVE SPECIES; LAURENTIAN GREAT LAKES; MODELING OBJECTIVES; MODELING SOFTWARES; SPECIES INVASIONS;

LAKES;

EID: 84888232138     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2012.08.015     Document Type: Article

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