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Trophic flow kinetics in marine ecosystems: Toward a theoretical approach to ecosystem functioning

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  • Gascuel, Didier
  • Morissette, Lyne
  • Palomares, Maria Lourdes D.
  • Christensen, Villy

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Based on a theoretical approach, Gascuel showed that trophic flow kinetics is a key characteristic of ecosystems’ functioning, partly determining their response to human disturbances such as fishing pressure. The kinetics quantifies the speed of the trophic flow, i.e., the velocity of biomass transfers from low to upper trophic levels, due to predation and/or ontogeny. In the present paper, we show that the production/biomass (P/B) ratio, used in many ecosystem models and particularly in the EwE software, can be considered a measure of this speed of the trophic flow. We propose an empirical model that expresses the P/B ratio as a generic function of the trophic level (τ) and the mean water temperature (θ).

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  • Gascuel, Didier & Morissette, Lyne & Palomares, Maria Lourdes D. & Christensen, Villy, 2008. "Trophic flow kinetics in marine ecosystems: Toward a theoretical approach to ecosystem functioning," Ecological Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 217(1), pages 33-47.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecomod:v:217:y:2008:i:1:p:33-47
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2008.05.012
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