Food Web Structure and Trophic Control in Central Puget Sound |
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Authors: | Chris J Harvey Gregory D Williams Phillip S Levin |
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Institution: | (1) Northwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Fisheries, 2725 Montlake Boulevard East, Seattle, WA 98112, USA |
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Abstract: | We developed a food web model of central Puget Sound to provide science-based support for ecosystem-based management and to
refine our understanding of bottom-up and top-down trophic forcing. Phytoplankton accounted for a large fraction of total
biomass, total throughput, and caused considerable bottom-up effects in most functional groups in a dynamic simulation fit
to time series data from 1981 to 2000. Top-down control was most apparent in the case of bald eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus), which exhibited keystone tendencies and appeared capable of causing trophic cascades. Increasing top-down control in several
predator–prey relationships improved model fits to time series data from 1981 to 2000, but not as much as introducing non-equilibrium
dynamics (biomass accumulation terms) to several key vertebrates. Fishing had little effect on system dynamics. Our model
appears well-suited for addressing strategic, scenario-based questions of how the community as a whole will respond to management
actions. |
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