Topological analysis of the ecological importance of elasmobranch fishes: A food web study on the Gulf of Tortugas, Colombia

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 221, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 2918-2926

  Navia, Andrés F ^a,b,c   Cortés, Enric ^d   Mejía Falla, Paola A ^a,b  

^a SQUALUS   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE   (Colombia)

^c INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^d SOUTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Food webs; Key species; Mesopredators; Rays; Sharks; Skates

Indexed keywords

FOOD WEBS; KEY SPECIES; MESOPREDATORS; RAYS; SHARKS; SKATES;

ECOSYSTEMS;

TOPOLOGY;

COASTAL ZONE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONNECTIVITY; DIET; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FISH; FOOD WEB; PREDATION; TOP-DOWN CONTROL; TOPOLOGY; TROPHIC INTERACTION; TROPHIC LEVEL;

COLOMBIA; GULF OF TORTUGAS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

CHONDRICHTHYES; ELASMOBRANCHII; INVERTEBRATA; PISCES; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 77957914634     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2010.09.006     Document Type: Article

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