Benthic-pelagic coupling mediates interactions in Mediterranean mixed fisheries: An ecosystem modeling approach.

ABSTRACT: Benthic-pelagic coupling plays a pivotal role in aquatic ecosystems but the effects of fishery driven interactions on its functioning has been largely overlooked. Disentangling the benthic-pelagic links including effects of mixed fisheries, however, needs sketching a whole description of ecosystem interactions using quantitative tools. A holistic food web model has been here developed in order to understand the interplay between the benthic-pelagic coupling and mixed fisheries in a Mediterranean system such as the Strait of Sicily. The reconstruction of the food web required review and integration of a vast set of local and regional biological information from bacteria to large pelagic species that were aggregated into 72 functional groups. Fisheries were described by 18 fleet segments res

SUBMITTER: Agnetta D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6333361 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature