Decadal changes in a NW Mediterranean Sea food web in relation to fishing exploitation

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 220, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 2088-2102

  Coll, Marta ^a,b   Palomera, Isabel ^a   Tudela, Sergi ^c  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c WWF Mediterranean Programme Office   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ecopath with Ecosim; Ecosystem functioning; Ecosystem structure; Food web model; Keystone species; Transfer efficiency; Trophodynamic indicators; Western Mediterranean

Indexed keywords

ECOPATH WITH ECOSIM; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONING; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; FOOD-WEB MODEL; KEYSTONE SPECIES; TRANSFER EFFICIENCY; TROPHODYNAMIC INDICATORS; WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN;

ARCHES; BIOMASS; ENERGY TRANSFER; FISHERIES; FOOD ADDITIVES; MAMMALS; MEATS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; THERMOLUMINESCENCE;

ECOSYSTEMS;

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOMASS; DECADAL VARIATION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; EXPLOITATION; FISHING; FOOD WEB; KEYSTONE SPECIES; MASS BALANCE; PELAGIC FISH; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; TROPHIC LEVEL; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (NORTHWEST);

CLUPEIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; LOPHIIFORMES; MAMMALIA; REXEA SOLANDRI;

EID: 67649910100     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2009.04.049     Document Type: Article

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