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Depestele, Jochen; Feekings, Jordan; Reid, David G; Cook, Robin; Gascuel, Didier; Girardin, Raphael; Heath, Michael; Hernvann, Pierre-yves; Morato, Telmo; Soszynski, Ambre; Savina-rolland, Marie. |
A scavenger is an animal that feeds on dead animals (carrion) that it has not killed itself. Fisheries discards are often seen as an important food source for marine scavengers so the reduction of discards due to the Landing Obligation may affect their populations. The literature on scavenging in marine ecosystems is considerable, due to its importance in the trophic ecology of many species. Although discards undoubtedly contribute to these species’ food sources, few can be seen to be solely dependent on carrion (including discards). Ecosystem models predicted that discards contributed very little to the diet of scavengers at a regional scale. A reduction in discards through the Landing Obligation may therefore affect populations for a few species in some... |
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Palavras-chave: Carrion; Discard consumption; Food subsidies; Food web models; Scavengers. |
Ano: 2018 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00473/58436/61011.pdf |
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Villanueva, Ching-maria. |
A comparative study of the Sine-saloum (Senegal) and Gambia (The Gambia) estuaries was performed based on trophic model outputs that describe the system structure and functioning. These trophic models were constructed such as to differentiate main energetic flows in the systems and express how climate change may have impacted ecosystem resilience to change. Estuarine fish assemblages are highly resilient despite exposure to vast hydrodynamic variations and stress. Coupled with strong anthropogenic-driven stresses such as fisheries and climate change, ecosystems may undergo severe regime shifts that may weaken their resilience and stability. Taxonomically related and morphologically similar species do not necessarily play similar ecological roles in these... |
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Palavras-chave: Complex adaptative systems; Climate change; Food web models; Regime shifts; Ecosystem resilience; Trophic ecology. |
Ano: 2015 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00249/36034/34571.pdf |
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