Effects of whaling on the structure of the Southern Ocean food web: insights on the "krill surplus" from ecosystem modelling.

• Published in: PLoS ONE
• Main Authors: Szymon Surma, Evgeny A Pakhomov, Tony J Pitcher
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014
• Subjects: Medicine; R; Science; Q; Antarctic; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Rorqual; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0114978; https://doaj.org/article/23eff39330c443d7a9b27f1e75345fff

The aim of this study was to examine the ecological plausibility of the "krill surplus" hypothesis and the effects of whaling on the Southern Ocean food web using mass-balance ecosystem modelling. The depletion trajectory and unexploited biomass of each rorqual population in the Antarctic...