Lower trophic levels and detrital biomass control the Bay of Biscay continental shelf food web: Implications for ecosystem management

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 561-575

  Lassalle, G ^a   Lobry, J ^b   Le Loc'h, F ^c   Bustamante, P ^a   Certain, G ^a,d   Delmas, D ^e   Dupuy, C ^a   Hily, C ^f   Labry, C ^e   Le Pape, O ^g   Marquis, E ^a,h   Petitgas, P ^e   Pusineri, C ^a,i   Ridoux, V ^a   Spitz, J ^a   Niquil, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^d INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^e IFREMER   (France)

^f INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EUROPÉEN DE LA MER   (France)

^g UNIVERSITÉ EUROPÉENNE DE BRETAGNE   (France)

^h NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

ⁱ Office National de la Chasse et de la Faune Sauvage   (Mayotte)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAY OF BISCAY; BIOMASS CONTROL; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; ECOLOGICAL NETWORK ANALYSIS; ECOPATH WITH ECOSIM; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM PROCESS; ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTION; ENERGY FLOW; ENERGY FLUXES; FISHERIES MANAGEMENT; FOOD WEBS; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MODELLING METHOD; MULTI-SPECIES; NORTH EAST ATLANTIC; ON DYNAMICS; OUTPUT VALUES; OVEREXPLOITATION; PRIMARY PRODUCERS; TROPHIC LEVEL;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FISHERIES; NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; OCEAN STRUCTURES;

ECOSYSTEMS;

BIOINDICATOR; BIOMASS; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DETRITUS; ENERGY FLUX; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FOOD WEB; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HOLISTIC APPROACH; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF BISCAY;

EID: 81455158777     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2011.09.002     Document Type: Article

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