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Energy flow through marine ecosystems: confronting transfer efficiency
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Eddy, TD and Bernhardt, JR and Blanchard, JL and Cheung, WWL and Colleter, M and du Pontavice, H and Fulton, EA and Gascuel, D and Kearney, KA and Petrik, CM and Roy, T and Rykaczewski, RR and Selden, R and Stock, CA and Wabnitz, CCC and Watson, RA, Energy flow through marine ecosystems: confronting transfer efficiency, Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 36, (1) pp. 76-86. ISSN 0169-5347 (2020) [Refereed Article]
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DOI: doi:10.1016/j.tree.2020.09.006
Abstract
Transfer efficiency is a key parameter describing ecosystem structure and function and is used to estimate fisheries production; however, it is also one of the most uncertain parameters.
Questions remain about how habitats, food resources, fishing pressure, spatiotemporal scales, as well as temperature, primary production, and other climate drivers impact transfer efficiency.
Direct measurements of transfer efficiency are difficult, but observations of marine population abundances, diets, productivity, stable isotope analysis, and models integrating these constraints can provide transfer efficiency estimates.
Recent estimates suggest that transfer efficiency is more variable than previously thought, compounding uncertainties in marine ecosystem predictions and projections.
Increased understanding of factors contributing to variation in transfer efficiency will improve projections of fishing and climate change impacts on marine ecosystems.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Keywords: | food web, trophic ecology, energy transfer |
Research Division: | Environmental Sciences |
Research Group: | Ecological applications |
Research Field: | Ecosystem function |
Objective Division: | Animal Production and Animal Primary Products |
Objective Group: | Environmentally sustainable animal production |
Objective Field: | Environmentally sustainable animal production not elsewhere classified |
UTAS Author: | Blanchard, JL (Dr Julia Blanchard) |
UTAS Author: | Fulton, EA (Dr Elizabeth Fulton) |
UTAS Author: | Watson, RA (Professor Reginald Watson) |
ID Code: | 141926 |
Year Published: | 2020 |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 1 |
Deposited By: | Fisheries and Aquaculture |
Deposited On: | 2020-12-03 |
Last Modified: | 2021-01-29 |
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