A comparative analysis of trophic structure and functioning in large-scale mediterranean marine ecosystems

The Mediterranean Sea: Its History and Present Challenges

Volumn 9789400767041, Issue , 2014, Pages 421-434

  Barausse, Alberto ^a   Palmeri, Luca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ecological network analysis; Ecopath; Ecosystem maturity; Ecosystem structure and functioning; Food webs; Mediterranean marine systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923577480     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-6704-1_24     Document Type: Chapter

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