EcoTroph: Modelling marine ecosystem functioning and impact of fishing

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 220, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 2885-2898

  Gascuel, Didier ^a   Pauly, Daniel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ EUROPÉENNE DE BRETAGNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biomass flow; Ecopath; Ecosystem modelling; Ecosystem stability; Predation; Resilience; Top down control; Trophic cascades; Trophic level

Indexed keywords

ECOPATH; ECOSYSTEM MODELLING; ECOSYSTEM STABILITY; PREDATION; RESILIENCE; TOP-DOWN CONTROL; TROPHIC CASCADES; TROPHIC LEVEL;

BIOMASS; FISHERIES; FOOD ADDITIVES; TIME SERIES;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; EXPLOITATION; FISHING; FISHING EFFORT; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; ONTOGENY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; REACTION KINETICS; TOP-DOWN CONTROL; TROPHIC LEVEL;

EID: 70350044430     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2009.07.031     Document Type: Article

References (39)

1. Allen R.R. Relation between production and biomass. Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada 28 (1971) 1573-1581
2. Andersen K.H., and Beyer J.E. Asymptotic size determines species abundance in the marine size spectrum. American Naturalist 168 (2006) 54-61
3. Benoît E., and Rochet M.J. A continuous model of biomass size spectra governed by predation, and the effects of fishing on them. Journal of Theoretical Biology 226 (2004) 9-21
4. Beverton, R.H., Holt, S.J., 1957. On the dynamics of exploited fish populations. United Kingdom Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. Fisheries Investigation Series II, vol. xix, 533 pp.
5. Bianchi G., Gislason H., Graham K., Hill L., Jin X., Koranteng K., Manickchand-Heileman S., Paya I., Sainsbury K., Sanchez F., and Zwanenburg K. Impact of fishing on size composition and diversity of demersal fish communities. ICES Journal of Marine Science 57 (2000) 558-571
6. Chassot E., Rouyer T., Trenkel V., and Gascuel D. Investigating trophic level variability in Celtic Sea fish predators. Journal of Fish Biology 73 (2008) 763-781
7. Cheung W.L., Pitcher T.J., and Pauly D. A fuzzy logic expert system to estimate intrinsic extinction vulnerabilities of marine fishes to fishing. Biological Conservation 124 (2005) 97-111
8. Cheung W., Watson R., Morato T., Pitcher T., and Pauly D. Change of intrinsic vulnerability in the global fish catch. Marine Ecology Progress Series 333 (2007) 1-12
9. Christensen V., and Pauly D. The ECOPATH II-a software for balancing steady-state ecosystem models and calculating network characteristics. Ecological Modelling 61 (1992) 169-185. http://www.ecopath.org/ (see www.ecopath.org for updates)
10. Christensen V., and Lai S. Ecopath with Ecosim 6: the sequel. Sea Around Us Newletter 43 (September-October 2007) 1-4
11. Cortés E. Standardized diet compositions and trophic levels of sharks. ICES Journal of Marine Sciences 56 (1999) 707-717
12. Cousin, S.H., 1985. The trophic continuum in marine ecosystems: structure and equations for a predictive model. In: Ulanowicz, R.E., Platt, T. (Eds.), Ecosystem Theory for Biological Oceanography. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences no. 213, pp. 76-93.
13. Elton C. Animal Ecology (1927), Macmillan, New York 207 pp.
14. In: Froese, and Pauly D. (Eds). FishBase 2000: Concepts, Design and Data Sources (2000), ICLARM, Los Baños, Philippines. http://www.fishbase.org/ 346 pp. (distributed with 4 CD-ROMs; previous annual editions: 1996-1999; updates in www.fishbase.org)
15. Gascuel D. The trophic-level based model: a theoretical approach of fishing effects on marine ecosystems. Ecological Modelling 189 3-4 (2005) 315-332
16. Gascuel D., Bozec Y., Chassot E., Colomb A., and Laurans M. The trophic spectrum: theory and application as an ecosystem indicator. ICES Journal of marine Science 62 (2005) 443-452
17. Gascuel D., and Chassot E. Exploring catch trophic spectra analysis: a method to estimate fishing rates and biomass at the ecosystem level. In: Nielsen J.L., Dodson J.J., Friedland K., Hamon T.R., Musick J., and Vespoor E. (Eds). Reconciling Fisheries with Conservation: Proceedings of the Fourth World Fisheries Congress, American Fisheries Society, Symposium 49. Bethesda, Maryland (2008) 1059-1072
18. Gascuel D., Morissette L., Palomares M.L., and Christensen V. Trophic flow kinetics in marine ecosystems: toward a theoretical approach to ecosystem functioning. Ecological Modelling 217 (2008) 33-47
19. Gascuel, D., Guénette, S., Pauly, D., 2008b. The trophic-level based ecosystem modelling approach: theoretical overview and practical uses. ASC-ICES CM 2008/F:18, Septembre 2008, Halifax, Canada, 16 pp.
20. Gascuel, D., Tremblay-Boyer, L., Pauly, D., 2009. EcoTroph (ET): a trophic-level based software for assessing the impacts of fishing on aquatic ecosystems. Fisheries Centre Research Reports 17 (1), University of British Columbia [ISSN 1198-6727], 83 p.
21. Gislason H., and Rice J. Modelling the response of size and diversity spectra of fish assemblages to changes in exploitation. ICES Journal of Marine Science 55 (1998) 362-370
22. Golley F.B. A History of the Ecosystem Concept in Ecology: More Than the Sum of Its Parts (1993), Yale University Press, New Haven
23. Holling C.S. The functional response of predators to prey density and its role in mimicry and population regulation. Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada 45 (1965) 3-50
24. Jennings S., Pinnegar J.K., Polunin N.V.C., and Boon T.W. Weak cross-species relationships between body-size and trophic level belie powerful size-based trophic structuring in fish communities. Journal of Animal Ecology 70 (2001) 934-944
25. Karachle P.K., and Stergiou K.I. The effect of season and sex on trophic levels of marine fishes. Journal of Fish Biology 72 6 (2006) 1463-1487
26. Kerr S.R., and Dickie L.M. The Biomass Spectrum. A Predator-Prey Theory of Aquatic Production, vol. 8 of Complexity in Ecological Systems Series (2001), Columbia University Press
27. 14N data. In: Quinn II, T.J., Funk, F., Heifetz, J., Ianelli, J.N., Powers, J.E., Schweigert, J.F., Sullivan, P.J., Zhang, C.-I. (Eds.), Proceedings of the International Symposium on Fishery Stock Assessment Models. Alaska Sea Grant College Program Report No. 98-01, pp. 693-702.
28. Kot M. Elements of Mathematical Ecology (2001), Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 453 pp.
29. Lindeman R.L. The trophic-dynamic aspect of ecology. Ecology 23 4 (1942) 399-418
30. Myers R.A., Baum J.K., Shepherd T.D., Powers S.P., and Peterson C.H. Cascading effects of the loss of apex predatory sharks from a coastal ocean. Science 315 (2007) 1846-1850
31. Odum W.E., and Heald E.J. The detritus-based food web of an estuarine mangrove community. In: Cronin L.E. (Ed). Estuarine Research (1975), Academic Press, New York 265-286
32. Palomares, M.L.D., Pauly, D., 2000. Trophic ecology, p. 176-178. In: R. Froese, D. Pauly (eds.), FishBase 2000: Concepts, Design and Data Sources. ICLARM, Los Baños, Philippines.
33. Pauly D., and Christensen V. Primary production required to sustain global fisheries. Nature 374 (1995) 255-257 (Erratum in Nature 376: 279)
34. Pauly D., Christensen V., Dalsgaard J., Froese R., and Torres Jr. F.C. Fishing down marine food webs. Science 279 (1998) 860-863
35. Pauly D., Christensen V., and Walters C. Ecopath, Ecosim and Ecospace as tools for evaluating ecosystem impact of fisheries. ICES Journal of Marine Science 57 (2000) 697-706
36. Polovina J.J. Model of a coral reef ecosystem. The ECOPATH model and its application to French Frigate Shoals. Coral Reefs 3 (1984) 1-11
37. Rigler F.H. The concept of energy flow and nutrient flow between trophic levels. In: van Dobben W.H., and Lowe McConnel R.H. (Eds). Unifying Concept in Ecology (1975), W. Junk B.V. Publishers, The Hague 15-26
38. Silvert W., and Platt T. Dynamic energy flow model of the particle size distribution in pelagic ecosystems. In: Kerfoot W.C. (Ed). Evolution and Ecology of Zooplancton Communities (1980), University Press of New England, Hanover, NH 754-763
39. Walters C., Christensen V., and Pauly D. Structuring dynamic models of exploited ecosystems from trophic mass-balance assessments. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries 7 (1997) 139-172