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Eutrophication and overfishing in temperate nearshore pelagic food webs: a network perspective
Vasas, V.; Lancelot, C.; Rousseau, V.; Jordán, F. (2007). Eutrophication and overfishing in temperate nearshore pelagic food webs: a network perspective. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 336: 1-14. dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps336001
In: Marine Ecology Progress Series. Inter-Research: Oldendorf/Luhe. ISSN 0171-8630; e-ISSN 1616-1599, meer
Peer reviewed article  
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Trefwoorden
    Algal blooms
    Analysis > Network analysis
    Ecosystems
    Eutrophication
    Food webs
    Network analysis
    Overexploitation > Commercial fishing > Overfishing
    Topographic features > Landforms > Coasts
    Marien/Kust
Author keywords
    food web; eutrophication; overfishing; network analysis; coastal ecosystem; indirect effects; harmful algal blooms; gelatinous plankton
Auteurs  Top 
  • Vasas, V.
  • Lancelot, C.
  • Rousseau, V.
  • Jordán, F.
Abstract
    We investigated the effects of human activities on the pelagic food web structure of nearshore marine ecosystems. Their generic structure was established on the basis of literature review and analyzed by qualitative structural network analysis. Two main issues were addressed: (1) the role of species capable of forming harmful algal blooms (HABs) and red tides (Noctiluca spp.), as well as the role of jellyfish, in eutrophicated systems; (2) the contribution of human influences on food webs, focusing on bottom-up (increased nutrient loading) and top-down (overfishing) effects. Results suggest that HAB-forming species and Noctiluca stimulate the microbial network, but reduce higher trophic levels such as commercially important fish species. Jellyfish act as a buffer in eutrophicated and overfished systems, as they retain nutrients from the water column, but their blooms lead to a undesirable species because of their specific position in the food web, and this crucial position may explain their far-reaching effects. Finally, while it appears that overfishing of piscivorous fishes inhibited HABs and supported blooms of diatoms and other large algae in the past, the present-day loss of planktivorous fishes acts synergistically with nutrient enrichment in promoting HAB species,Noctiluca and jellyfish. These fundamental constraints, which are inherent in the generic structure of pelagic food webs, thus largely determine community dynamics in marine coastal ecosystems.
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