Trophic role of small pelagic fishes in a tropical upwelling ecosystem

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 172, Issue 2-4, 2004, Pages 323-338

  Duarte, Luis O ^a   García, Camilo B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MARINAS Y COSTERAS INVEMAR   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Food web; Simulated fishing regimes; Small pelagic fish; Trophic model; Tropical upwelling ecosystem; Vulnerability to predation

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM MODELING; FISHING; FOOD WEB; PELAGIC FISH; PREDATION; TROPHIC STRUCTURE; UPWELLING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN SEA; GULF OF SALAMANCA;

PISCES; VESPIDAE;

EID: 1242276368     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2003.09.014     Document Type: Article

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