Ecosystem status and functioning: Searching for rules of thumb using an intersite comparison of food-web models of Northeast Atlantic continental shelves

• Published in: ICES Journal of Marine Science
• Main Authors: Lassalle, Géraldine, Lobry, Jérémy, Le Loc’h, François, Mackinson, S., Sanchez, F., Tomczak, M.T., Niquil, N.
• Other Authors: LIttoral ENvironnement et Sociétés (LIENSs), La Rochelle Université (ULR)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA), Ecosystèmes Marins Exploités (UMR EME), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER)-Université de Montpellier (UM), Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (CEFAS), Biologie des Organismes et Ecosystèmes Aquatiques (BOREA), Université de Caen Normandie (UNICAEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université des Antilles (UA), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Normandie Université (NU)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2013
• Subjects: ecosystem structure; marine ecosystem; trophic structure; ecosystem function; ecological modeling; trophic level; Atlantic Ocean; continental shelf; food web; Bay of Biscay; Atlantic Ocean (Northeast); comparative studies; benthic-pelagic coupling; abundance; ecosystem model; graphical analysis; graphical method; stability; Ecopath with Ecosim; zooplankton; comparative study; [SDV.EE.ECO]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology; environment/Ecosystems; [SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology; [SDE.ES]Environmental Sciences/Environment and Society; Thumb; Northeast Atlantic
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-02454848; https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fss168

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