Dependence of network metrics on model aggregation and throughflow calculations: Demonstration using the Sylt-Rømø Bight Ecosystem

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 252, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 214-219

  Fath, Brian D ^a,b   Scharler, Ursula M ^c   Baird, Dan ^d  

^a TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^d STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Ecological network analysis; Ecopath cycling; Environ analysis; Model aggregation; Sylt r m bight ecosystem

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY;

CODING ALGORITHMS; CORRECTION FACTORS; ECOLOGICAL NETWORK ANALYSIS; ECOPATH; ENVIRON ANALYSIS; MODEL AGGREGATIONS; NETWORK ENVIRON ANALYSIS; NETWORK PROPERTIES;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ALGORITHM; DATA ACQUISITION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; NETWORK ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOFTWARE; THROUGHFLOW;

FRISIAN ISLANDS; GERMANY; NORTH FRISIAN ISLANDS; SYLT-ROMO BIGHT;

EID: 84897415312     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2012.06.010     Document Type: Article

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