Food web structure and vulnerability of a deep-sea ecosystem in the NW Mediterranean Sea

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 75, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-15

  Tecchio, Samuele ^a   Coll, Marta ^a,b   Christensen, Villy ^b,c   Company, Joan B ^a   Ramírez Llodra, Eva ^a   Sardà, Francisco ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b Ecopath International Initiative Research Association   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Deep sea; Ecopath with Ecosim; Food web; Modelling; NW Mediterranean; Trawl fishery

Indexed keywords

DEEP SEA; ECOPATH WITH ECOSIM; FOOD WEBS; NW MEDITERRANEAN; TRAWL FISHERIES;

BIOMASS; FISH; FISHERIES; HYDROGEOLOGY; MODELS; SLOPE STABILITY;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOMASS; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DEEP-SEA BENTHOS; EXPLOITATION; FISHING MORTALITY; FOOD WEB; TRAWLING; VULNERABILITY;

CATALAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

CHONDRICHTHYES; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); FARFANTEPENAEUS AZTECUS; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84875605384     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2013.01.003     Document Type: Article

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