Ecosystem models clarify the trophic role of whales off Northwest Africa

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 404, Issue , 2010, Pages 289-302

  Morissette, Lyne ^a,b   Kaschner, Kristin ^c   Gerber, Leah R ^b  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE LA MER DE RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cetaceans; Competition; Ecopath with ecosim; Ecosystem modeling; Marine mammal fisheries interactions; Predation; Trophic impacts

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; CATCH STATISTICS; DIET; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; FISHERY PRODUCTION; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD WEB; MORTALITY; POPULATION REGULATION; PREDATION; TROPHIC INTERACTION; WHALE;

AFRICA;

CETACEA; MAMMALIA; MYSTICETI;

EID: 77954092646     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08443     Document Type: Article

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