oyster: Intertidal Oyster Reef Ecosystem Model

oysterR Documentation

Intertidal Oyster Reef Ecosystem Model

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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