Reconciling end-to-end and population concepts for marine ecosystems
Reconciling end-to-end and population concepts for marine ecosystems
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2010-05-06
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Steele, John H.
Gifford, Dian J.
Gifford, Dian J.
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Marine ecosystem
Energy flow
Food webs
Resilience
Energy flow
Food webs
Resilience
Abstract
The inherent complexities in the structure and dynamics of marine food webs have led to two major simplifying concepts, a species-centric approach focused on physical processes driving the population dynamics of single species and a trophic-centric approach emphasizing energy flows through broad functional groups from nutrient input to fish production. Here we review the two approaches and discuss their advantages and limitations. We suggest that these concepts are complementary: their applications involve different time scales and distinct aspects of population and community resilience, but their integration is necessary for ecosystem-based management
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Author Posting. © The Author(s), 2010. This is the author's version of the work. It is posted here by permission of Elsevier for personal use, not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in Journal of Marine Systems 83 (2010): 99-103, doi:10.1016/j.jmarsys.2010.06.006.