oyster: Intertidal Oyster Reef Ecosystem Model

Description References

Description

Intertidal oyster reef ecosystem model created by Dame and Patten (1981). Data were taken from Patten (1985). Model flows are in kcal m^-2 day^-1; storage data is kcal m^-2.

References

Dame, R. F., and B. C. Patten. 1981. Analysis of energy flows in an intertidal oyster reef. Marine Ecology Progress Series 5:115-124.

Patten, B. C. 1985. Energy cycling, length of food chains, and direct versus indirect effects in ecosystems. Can. Bull. Fish. Aqu. Sci. 213:119-138.


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