How does abundance scale with body size in coupled size-structured food webs?

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 270-280

  Blanchard, Julia L ^a,b   Jennings, Simon ^a   Law, Richard ^b   Castle, Matthew D ^a,b,e   McCloghrie, Paul ^a   Rochet, Marie Joëlle ^c   Benoît, Eric ^d  

^a CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c IFREMER   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allometric scaling; Benthic pelagic coupling; Community ecology; Ecosystem effects of fishing; Macroecology; North Sea; Size spectrum

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BENTHIC-PELAGIC COUPLING; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DETRITIVORY; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD WEB; MACROECOLOGY; MORTALITY; PREDATION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RECYCLING; SIZE STRUCTURE; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BODY SIZE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISH; FOOD CHAIN; INVERTEBRATE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATION;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; INVERTEBRATES; NORTH SEA; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

EID: 57549096365     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2008.01466.x     Document Type: Article

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