An indicator-based evaluation of Black Sea food web dynamics during 1960-2000

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 134, Issue , 2014, Pages 113-125

  Akoglu, Ekin ^a,b   Salihoglu, Baris ^a   Libralato, Simone ^b   Oguz, Temel ^a   Solidoro, Cosimo ^b,c  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OCEANOGRAFIA E DI GEOFISICA SPERIMENTALE OGS   (Italy)

^c ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Black Sea; Ecological balance; Ecopath with Ecosim; Ecosystem disturbance; Overfishing; Trophic structure

Indexed keywords

ENERGY TRANSFER; EUTROPHICATION;

BLACK SEA; ECOLOGICAL BALANCE; ECOPATH WITH ECOSIM; ECOSYSTEM DISTURBANCE; OVERFISHING; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

ECOSYSTEMS;

EID: 84898664945     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2014.02.010     Document Type: Article

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