A regime shift is considered to be a sudden shift in structure and functioning of a marine
ecosystem, affecting several living components and resulting in an alternate state. According …

Cephalopods, especially squids, are believed to have a structuring role in marine
ecosystems as a link between different trophic levels, primarily due to their voracious prey …

Background Ecological attributes estimated from food web models have the potential to be
indicators of good environmental status given their capabilities to describe redundancy, food …

Mass-balanced models of trophic flows in the southern Benguela ecosystem suggest a 10%
increase in zooplankton biomass between the 1980s and the 1990s, in agreement with …

The northern Benguela ecosystem has been overfished and physically challenged over the
past three decades. Ecopath with Ecosim was used to construct three ecosystem models …

To a certain degree, Eastern Boundary Current (EBC) ecosystems are similar: Cold bottom
water from moderate depths, rich in nutrients, is transported to the euphotic zone by a …

The diet of sardine Sardinops sagax in the southern Benguela was investigated by
microscopic examination of stomach contents. The relative dietary importance of prey size …

A quantitative food web of the Ross Sea is presented here as a step towards investigating
ecosystem effects of the fishery for Antarctic toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni). The model …

The El Niño of 1997–98 was one of the strongest warming events of the past century; among
many other effects, it impacted phytoplankton along the Peruvian coast by changing species …

Daewel, U., Hjøllo, SS, Huret, M., Ji, R., Maar, M., Niiranen, S., Travers-Trolet, M., Peck, MA,
van de Wolfshaar, KE 2014. Predation control of zooplankton dynamics: a review of …