Indirect effects and distributed control in ecosystems Comparative network environ analysis of a seven-compartment model of nitrogen storage in the Neuse River Estuary, USA: Time series analysis.

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 293, Issue , 2014, Pages 161-186

  Whipple, Stuart J ^a   Patten, Bernard C ^a   Borrett, Stuart R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeochemical model; Estuary; Extensive intensive environs; Network environ analysis; Nitrogen cycling; Systems ecology; Time series seasonal analysis

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CONTROL THEORY; DIGITAL STORAGE; DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER CONTROL SYSTEMS; DYNAMICS; ECOLOGY; ELECTRIC NETWORK TOPOLOGY; ESTUARIES; NITROGEN; SEDIMENTS;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL MODELING; EXTENSIVE/INTENSIVE ENVIRONS; NETWORK ENVIRON ANALYSIS; NITROGEN CYCLING; SYSTEMS ECOLOGY;

TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; COMPARTMENTALIZATION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; NETWORK ANALYSIS; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; TIME SERIES;

NEUSE ESTUARY; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84910087134     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2014.08.025     Document Type: Article

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