The trophic role of the squid Loligo plei as a keystone species in the South Brazil Bight ecosystem

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 67, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1413-1424

  Gasalla, Maria A ^a   Rodrigues, Amanda R ^a   Postuma, Felippe A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO DE PESCA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

diet; fisheries; foodweb; keystoneness; modelling; multispecies interactions

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BYCATCH; CEPHALOPOD; DIET; FLATFISH; FOOD WEB; KEYSTONE SPECIES; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; POLYCHAETE; STOMACH CONTENT; TROPHIC CASCADE; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; SOUTH BRAZIL BIGHT;

AMPHIPODA; CEPHALOPODA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); LOLIGINIDAE; LOLIGO PLEI; MERLUCCIUS HUBBSI; PLEURONECTIFORMES; POLYCHAETA; TRACHURUS LATHAMI; TRICHIURIDAE; UMBRINA GRACILICIRRHUS;

EID: 77956589011     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsq106     Document Type: Article

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