An Ecopath/Ecosim Analysis of an Estuarine Food Web: Seasonal Energy Flow and Response to River-Flow Related Perturbations

Estuaries are often the receiving basins for major river systems which makes them vulnerable to anthropogenic influences. I used Ecopath and Ecosim to investigate the structure of the Weeks Bay, Alabama, USA food web, and the responses of the food web to bottom-up perturbations. Four season-specific...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Althauser, Laura Lynette
Other Authors: Charles A. Wilson
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: LSU 2003
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Online Access:http://etd.lsu.edu/docs/available/etd-0407103-123955/