Trophic controls of jellyfish blooms and links with fisheries in the East China Sea

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 212, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 492-503

  Jiang, Hong ^a   Cheng, He Qin ^a   Xu, Hai Gen ^b   Arreguín Sánchez, Francisco ^c   Zetina Rejón, Manuel J ^c   Del Monte Luna, Pablo ^c   Le Quesne, William J F ^d  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b State Environmental Protection Administration   (China)

^c INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^d NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ecopath modelling; Feedback loop; Jellyfish bloom; The East China Sea; Trophic control

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CLIMATE CHANGE; EUTROPHICATION; FEEDBACK; FISHERIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ECOPATH MODELING; FEEDBACK LOOPS; JELLYFISH BLOOM; TROPHIC CONTROL;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; EUTROPHICATION; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; JELLYFISH; PREDATION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; TROPHIC CONTROL; TROPHIC INTERACTION; TROPHIC LEVEL; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

EAST CHINA SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CEPHALOPODA; CHELONIIDAE; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); MAMMALIA; SCYPHOZOA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 39649089883     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2007.10.048     Document Type: Article

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