Empirical Model of the Trophic Basis for Fishery Yield in Coastal Waters of the Eastern USA
| Autor: | W. E. Schaaf, D. S. Peters |
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| Rok vydání: | 1991 |
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Vascular plant
chemistry.chemical_classification Detritus biology Dietary constituent Ecology Fish farming Context (language use) Aquatic Science biology.organism_classification Fishery Food chain chemistry Environmental science Organic matter Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics Trophic level |
| Zdroj: | Transactions of the American Fisheries Society. 120:459-473 |
| ISSN: | 1548-8659 0002-8487 |
| DOI: | 10.1577/1548-8659(1991)120<0459:emottb>2.3.co;2 |
| Popis: | A synthesis of information describing the trophic basis for production of marine fishery yield along the east coast of the USA from New York through Georgia is presented. It includes a documentation of the species composition and magnitude of fishery harvest, a delineation of the major food chains, and an estimate of the flow rates of organic matter through populations of yield species. In order to place the information on fishery food webs inappropriate context, we related it to primary production within the system and trophic structure of other systems that have been described. We conclude that (1) algal production is inadequate to support the existing system, and vascular plant production is required; (2) detritus, a frequent dietary constituent, retains at least 42% of the organic material from which it was derived, when it is ingested; (3) the system efficiently converts available organic matter to harvested species through direct paths; and (4) evaluations of fish production in this system ... |
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