Structure and functioning of the Bay of Biscay ecosystem: A trophic modelling approach

• Published in: Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science
• Main Authors: Corrales, X., Preciado, I., Gascuel, Didier, D., Hernvann, Pierre‐yves, Mugerza, E., Louzao, M., Velasco, F., Doray, M., López-López, L., Carrera, P., Cotano, U., Andonegi, E., Lopez de Gamiz-Zearra, A.
• Other Authors: Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA), Instituto Espagňol de Oceanografia (IEO), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas España = Spanish National Research Council Spain (CSIC), Dynamique et durabilité des écosystèmes : de la source à l’océan (DECOD), Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut Agro Rennes Angers, Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro), Institute of Marine Sciences, University of California Santa Cruz (UC Santa Cruz), University of California (UC)-University of California (UC), Unité Sciences et Technologies Halieutiques (STH), Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2022
• Subjects: Ecopath model; Food-web model; Ecosystem-based management; Fishing impacts; Bay of Biscay; [SDE]Environmental Sciences; Hake; Northeast Atlantic
• Online Access: https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-03760426; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2021.107658

International audience Characterizing the structure and functioning of marine ecosystems requires a deep understanding of the dynamics of its populations and the biotic interactions among them. To this end, we developed a mass-balanced food-web model of a regional sea in the Northeast Atlantic, the...