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ICES JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE
卷 60, 期 5, 页码 939-950出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/S1054-3139(03)00098-5
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Baltic Sea; cod; Ecopath with Ecosim; fisheries; food web; herring; multispecies virtual population analysis; predator-prey interactions; sprat; top-down control
Because fisheries operate within a complex array of species interactions, scientists increasingly recommend multispecies approaches to fisheries management. We created a food web model for the Baltic Sea proper, using the Ecopath with Ecosim software, to evaluate interactions between fisheries and the food web from 1974 to 2000. The model was based largely on values generated by multispecies virtual population analysis (MSVPA). Ecosim outputs closely reproduced MSVPA biomass estimates and catch data for sprat (Sprattus sprattus), herring (Clupea harengus), and cod (Gadus morhua), but only after making adjustments to cod recruitment, to vulnerability to predation of specific species, and to foraging times. Among the necessary adjustments were divergent trophic relationships between cod and clupeids: cod exhibited top-down control on sprat biomass, but had little influence on herring. Fishing, the chief source of mortality for cod and herring, and cod reproduction, as driven by oceanographic conditions as well as unexplained variability, were also key structuring forces. The model generated many hypotheses about relationships between key biota in the Baltic Sea food web and may ultimately provide a basis for estimating community responses to management actions. (C) 2003 International Council for the Exploration of the Sea. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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