Beyond the Meal: Trophic Controls by Pelagic and Demersal Chondrichthyes in Two Different Mediterranean Marine Food Webs
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DOI: 10.1002/ece3.72540
Abstract: ABSTRACT Pelagic and demersal Chondrichthyes can assume different patterns of trophic controls on marine food webs, sustaining the functioning of marine ecosystems. These species are impacted by fisheries requiring conservation measures to mitigate the loss… read more here.
Keywords: food; food webs; marine food; pelagic demersal ... See more keywords
Seasonal trophic controls drive population variability in a foundational marine copepod
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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-19919-2
Abstract: Understanding the trophic drivers of zooplankton population variability is critical for predicting ecosystem responses to climate change. In the Gulf of Maine, the copepod Calanus finmarchicus is a foundational species linking primary producers to higher… read more here.
Keywords: population variability; seasonal trophic; trophic controls; copepod ... See more keywords