A comparison of community and trophic structure in five marine ecosystems based on energy budgets and system metrics

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 81, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 47-62

  Gaichas, Sarah ^a   Skaret, Georg ^b   Falk Petersen, Jannike ^c   Link, Jason S ^d   Overholtz, William ^d   Megrey, Bernard A ^a   Gjøsæter, Harald ^b   Stockhausen, William T ^a   Dommasnes, Are ^b   Friedland, Kevin D ^a   Aydin, Kerim ^a  

^a ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^d NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BERING SEA; BIOMASS RATIO; COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; COMPARATIVE APPROACH; DATA GAP; DEMERSAL FISH; ENERGY BUDGETS; ENERGY FLOW; FISHERIES MANAGEMENT; FOOD WEBS; GEORGES BANK; GULF OF ALASKA; GULF OF MAINE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NETWORK METRICS; NORTHEAST ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTHWEST ATLANTIC; PACIFIC OCEAN; PER UNIT; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SYSTEM METRICS; TROPHIC LEVEL; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

BIOMASS; BUDGET CONTROL; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; OCEANOGRAPHY;

ECOSYSTEMS;

BIOMASS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMERSAL FISH; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ENERGY BUDGET; FOOD WEB; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PELAGIC FISH; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; TROPHIC LEVEL; TROPHIC STRUCTURE; ZOOPLANKTON;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BARENTS SEA; BERING SEA; GEORGES BANK; GULF OF ALASKA; GULF OF MAINE; NORWEGIAN SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 67651172814     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2009.04.005     Document Type: Article

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