Complex wasp-waist regulation of pelagic ecosystems in the Pacific Ocean

Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 459-475

  Griffiths, Shane P ^a   Olson, Robert J ^b   Watters, George M ^c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b INTER AMERICAN TROPICAL TUNA COMMISSION   (United States)

^c SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bottom up; Ecopath; Ecosim; Ecosystem modelling; Top down; Wasp waist

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BOTTOM-UP CONTROL; CEPHALOPOD; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ENERGY FLOW; FISH; FOOD WEB; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; TOP-DOWN CONTROL; TROPHIC INTERACTION; TROPHIC LEVEL;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EAST); PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST);

ANIMALIA; CEPHALOPODA; PISCES; SCOMBRIDAE; XIPHIIDAE;

EID: 84887626239     PISSN: 09603166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11160-012-9301-7     Document Type: Article

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