Global overview of the applications of the Ecopath with Ecosim modeling approach using the EcoBase models repository

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 302, Issue , 2015, Pages 42-53

  Colleter, Mathieu ^a,b   Valls, Audrey ^a   Guitton, JérÔme ^b   Gascuel, Didier ^b   Pauly, Daniel ^a   Christensen, Villy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ EUROPÉENNE DE BRETAGNE   (France)

Author keywords

EcoBase; Ecopath with Ecosim; Ecosystem model; Food web; Information repository; Metadata

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; FISHERIES; MARINE APPLICATIONS; MARINE POLLUTION; METADATA; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

ECOBASE; ECOPATH WITH ECOSIM; ECOSYSTEM MODEL; FOOD WEBS; INFORMATION REPOSITORIES;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FOOD WEB; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; METADATA;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (CENTRAL); ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84923548603     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2015.01.025     Document Type: Article

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