Modeling trophic flows in the wettest mangroves of the world: the case of Bahía Málaga in the Colombian Pacific coast

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 803, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 13-27

  Castellanos Galindo, Gustavo A ^a,b   Cantera, Jaime ^b   Valencia, Natasha ^b   Giraldo, Sebastian ^b   Peña, Enrique ^b   Kluger, Lotta C ^a   Wolff, Matthias ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR TROPICAL MARINE RESEARCH ZMT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Benthic productivity; Colombia; Ecosystem modeling; Tropical Eastern Pacific; Tropical mangroves

Indexed keywords

ARTISANAL FISHERY; BENTHOS; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; EPIFAUNA; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; MANGROVE; NEKTON; NEOTROPICAL KINGDOM; TROPHIC LEVEL; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; ZOOBENTHOS;

BAHIA DE MALAGA [VALLE DEL CAUCA]; COLOMBIA; PACIFIC COAST [COLOMBIA]; PACIFIC COAST [SOUTH AMERICA]; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EAST); VALLE DEL CAUCA;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); LUTJANIDAE; MUGILIDAE; RHIZOPHORACEAE; SILURIFORMES;

EID: 85023778179     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-017-3300-6     Document Type: Article

References (43)

1. Alory, G., C. Maes, T. Delcroix, N. Reul & S. Illing, 2012. Seasonal dynamics of sea surface salinity off Panama: The far Eastern Pacific Fresh Pool. Journal of Geophysical Research 117: C04028.
2. Benstead, J. P., J. G. March, C. M. Pringle, K. C. Ewel & J. W. Short, 2009. Biodiversity and ecosystem function in species-poor communities: community structure and leaf litter breakdown in a Pacific island stream. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 28(2): 454–465.
3. Cantera, K. J., B. A. Thomassin & P. M. Arnaud, 1999. Faunal zonation and assemblages in the Pacific Colombian mangroves. Hydrobiologia 413: 17–33.
4. Castañeda-Moya, E., R. R. Twilley & V. H. Rivera-Monroy, 2013. Allocation of biomass and net primary productivity of mangrove forests along environmental gradients in the Florida Coastal Everglades, USA. Forest Ecology and Management 307: 226–241.
5. Castellanos-Galindo, G. A. & U. Krumme, 2013. Tidal, diel and seasonal effects on intertidal mangrove fish in a high-rainfall area of the Tropical Eastern Pacific. Marine Ecology Progress Series 494: 249–265.
6. Castellanos-Galindo, G. A. & U. Krumme, 2015. Tides, salinity and biogeography affect fish assemblage structure and function in macrotidal mangroves of the Neotropics. Ecosystems 18: 1165–1178.
7. Castellanos-Galindo, G. A., J. R. Cantera, U. Saint-Paul & D. Ferrol-Schulte, 2015. Threats to mangrove social-ecological systems in the most luxuriant coastal forests of the Neotropics. Biodiversity and Conservation 24: 701–704.
8. Christensen, V., 1995. Ecosystem maturity – towards quantification. Ecological Modelling 77: 3–32.
9. Christensen, V. & D. Pauly, 1992. ECOPATH II – a software for balancing steady- state ecosystem models and calculating network characteristics. Ecological Modelling 61: 169–185.
10. Christensen, V. & C. J. Walters, 2004. Ecopath with Ecosim: methods, capabilities and limitations. Ecological Modelling 172: 109–139.
11. Christensen, V., C. Walters, D. Pauly & D. Forrest, 2008. Ecopath with Ecosim: A User’s guide. Fisheries Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver: 154 pp.
12. Christensen, V., M. Coll, C. Piroddi, J. Steenbeek, J. Buszowski & D. Pauly, 2014. A century of fish biomass decline in the ocean. Marine Ecology Progress Series 512: 155–166.
13. Duke, N. C., M. C. Ball & J. C. Ellison, 1998. Factors influencing biodiversity and distributional gradients in mangroves. Global Ecology and Biogeography Letters 7: 27–47.
14. Etter, A., C. McAlpine, K. Wilson, S. Phinn & H. Possingham, 2006. Regional patterns of agricultural land use and deforestation in Colombia. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 114: 369–386.
15. Fiedler, P. C. & L. D. Talley, 2006. Hydrography of the eastern tropical Pacific: a review. Progress in Oceanography 69: 143–180.
16. Finn, J. T., 1976. Measures of ecosystem structure and function derived from analysis of flows. Journal of Theoretical Biology 56: 363–380.
17. Froese, R. & D. Pauly. Editors., 2016. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, version (10/2016).
18. Hamilton, S. E. & D. Casey, 2016. Creation of a high spatio-temporal resolution global database of continuous mangrove forest cover for the 21st century (CGMFC-21). Global Ecology and Biogeography 25: 729–738.
19. Heymans, J. J., M. Coll, S. Libralato, L. Morissette & V. Christensen, 2014. Global patterns in ecological indicators of marine food webs: a modelling approach. PLoS ONE 9: e95845.
20. Koch, V., 1995. Zur Populationsbiologie und ökologischen Rolle der Mangrovenschnecke Thais kioskiformis im Golf von Nicoya, Costa Rica. Master’s Thesis, University of Bremen: 60 pp.
21. Koch, V., 1999. Epibenthic Production and Energy Flow in the Caeté Mangrove Estuary, North Brazil. Ph.D. Thesis at the University of Bremen, Germany. ZMT contribution No. 6.
22. Kolding, J., A. Bundy, P. A. M. van Zwieten & M. J. Plank, 2015. Fisheries, the inverted food pyramid. ICES Journal of Marine Science. doi:10.1093/icesjms/fsv225.
23. Libralato, S., V. Christensen & D. Pauly, 2006. A method for identifying keystone species in food web models. Ecological Modelling 195: 153–171.
24. Lucero, C., J. Cantera & R. Neira, 2012. Pesqueria y crecimiento de la piangua (Arcoida:Arcidae) Anadara tuberculosa en la Bahía de Málaga del Pacífico colombiano, 2005–2007. Revista de Biologia Tropical 60: 203–217.
25. Manickchand-Heileman, S., F. Arreguín-Sánchez, A. Lara-Domínguez & L. A. Soto, 1998. Energy flow and network analysis of Terminos Lagoon, SW Gulf of Mexico. Journal of Fish Biology 53: 179–197.
26. Maunder, M. N. & A. E. Punt, 2013. A review of integrated analysis in fisheries stock assessments. Fisheries Research 142: 61–74.
27. Monsalve, A., D. Herrera & J. Bolívar, 2015. Caracterización de la estructura y contenido de carbono de diez parcelas permanentes establecidas en el área de jurisdicción del consejo comunitario La Plata, Bahía Málaga, Valle del Cauca. Technical Report. Centro de Investigación en Ecosistemas y Cambio Global, Medellin: 58 pp.
28. Morales-Zuñiga, G., 1998. Flujo energético y disponibilidad de hábitats de forrajeo para la aves marinas y playeras del Pacfico colombiano. Unpublished Master Thesis, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia.
29. Odum, E. P., 1969. The strategy of ecosystem development. Science 164: 262–270.
30. Peña-Salamanca, E., 2008. Dinamica espacial y temporal de la biomasa algal asociada a las raices de mangle en la Bahía de Buenaventura. Boletin de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras 37: 55–70.
31. Rademaker, V., 1998. Ernährungsökologie, Habitatbeschreibung und Populationsstruktur der Mangrovenkrabbe Ucides cordatus (Linnaeus, 1763) im Caeté-Mangrovenästuar, Nordbrasilien. M.Sc. Thesis, Bremen University, Germany: 94 pp.
32. Ramírez, D. G., A. Giraldo & J. Tovar, 2006. Producción primaria, biomasa y composición taxonómica del fitoplancton costero y oceánico en el Pacífico colombiano (septiembre-octubre 2004). Investigaciones Marinas, Valparaíso 34: 211–216.
33. Ramirez-Martínez, G. A., G. A. Castellanos-Galindo & U. Krumme, 2016. Tidal and diel patterns in abundance and feeding of a marine-estuarine-dependent fish from macrotidal mangrove creeks in the tropical Eastern Pacific (Colombia). Estuaries and Coasts 39: 1249–1261.
34. Saint-Béat, B., D. Baird, H. Asmus, R. Asmus, C. Bacher, S. R. Pacella, G. A. Johnson, V. David, A. F. Vézina & N. Niquil, 2015. Trophic networks: how do theories link ecosystem structure and functioning to stability properties? A review. Ecological Indicators 52: 458–471.
35. Scharler, U., 2011. Whole food-web studies: mangroves. In Wolanski, E. & D. S. McLusky (eds), Treatise on Estuarine Coastal Science. Academic Press, Waltham: 271–286.
36. Ulanowicz, R. E., 1986. Growth and development: ecosystems phenomenology. Springer, New York.
37. Ulanowicz, R. E., 1995. Ecosystem trophic foundations: Lindeman exonerata. In Patten, B. C. & S. E. Jørgensen (eds), Complex Ecology: The Part–Whole Relation in Ecosystems. Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs: 549–560.
38. Villasante, S., F. Arreguín-Sánchez, J. J. Heymans, S. Libralato, C. Piroddi, V. Christensen & M. Coll, 2016. Modelling marine ecosystems using the Ecopath with Ecosim food web approach: new insights to address complex dynamics after 30 years of developments. Ecological Modelling 331: 1–4.
39. Wolff, M., H. J. Hartmann & V. Koch, 1996. A pilot trophic model for Golfo Dulce, a fjord-like tropical embayment, Costa Rica. Revista de Biologìa Tropical 44: 215–231.
40. Wolff, M., J. B. Chavarria, V. Koch & J. A. Vargas, 1998. A trophic flow model of the Golfo de Nicoya, Costa Rica. Revista de Biología Tropical 46: 63–79.
41. Wolff, M., V. Koch & V. Isaac, 2000. A trophic flow model of the Caeté mangrove estuary (North Brazil) with considerations for the sustainable use of its resources. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 50: 789–803.
42. Winberg, G. G., 1956. Rate of Metabolism and Food Requirements of Fishes. Fisheries Research Board of Canada Translation Series 194, Ottawa: 1–253.
43. Zetina-Rejón, M. J., F. Arreguín-Sánchez & E. A. Chávez, 2003. Trophic structure and flows of energy in the Huizache-Caimanero lagoon complex on the Pacific coast of Mexico. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 57: 803–815.