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Brind'Amour, Anik; Rochet, Marie-joelle; Ordines, Francesc; Hosack, Geoff; Berthele, Olivier; Merigot, Bastien; Carbonara, Pierluigi; Follesa, Maria Cristina; Jadaud, Angelique; Lefkaditou, Evgenia; Maiorano, Porzia; Peristeraki, Panagiota; Mannini, Alessandro; Rabiller, Manuella; Spedicato, Maria Teresa; Tserpes, George; Trenkel, Verena. |
Functional groups are sets of species that play a similar role in a food web. We defined functional groups of fish species based on their morphological characteristics, while using expert knowledge for invertebrates. We measured 9 morphological traits of 72 fish species, and carried out multivariate analyses to assign fish species to functional groups. The analysis identified 9 trait-based fish functional groups to which were added 3 expert-based invertebrate functional groups. The habitat (position in the water column) and potential diet of each group were identified from the literature. Using the MEDITS bottom trawl survey data collected at 10 to 800 m depth, we calculated relative change in the 12 fish and invertebrate functional group biomasses for 12... |
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Palavras-chave: Morphological traits; Community models; Functional network; Functional groups; Mediterranean Sea; Temporal trends; Fish; Shellfish. |
Ano: 2016 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00363/47382/47475.pdf |
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