Carbon fluxes within the pelagic food web in the coastal area off Antofagasta (23°S), Chile: The significance of the microbial versus classical food webs

Héctor J. Pavés and Humberto E. González

Ecological Modelling, 2008, vol. 212, issue 3, 218-232

Abstract: Trophic interactions and the relevance of the “classical” (CFW) versus the “microbial” (MFW) food webs were studied in the upwelling system of Antofagasta (23°S), northern Humboldt Current System (HCS) off Chile. Biological and ecological data gathered from the study area during 1996 and 1999–2002 and complementary data from the literature were analysed using the Ecopath with Ecosim software version 5.0 (EwE). The model includes the following functional groups: Detritus, dissolved organic matter (DOM), bacteria, phytoplankton, appendicularians, salps, calanoid copepods, cyclopoid copepods, chaetognaths, ctenophores, clupeiform fishes.

Keywords: Ecopath; Microbial loop; Traditional food web; Humboldt Current System (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2007.10.004

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