Artículo
Trophic structure of southern marine ecosystems: A comparative isotopic analysis from the beagle channel to the oceanic burdwood bank area under a wasp-waist assumption
Riccialdelli, Luciana
; Becker, Yamila Anabella
; Fioramonti, Nicolas Ezequiel
; Torres, Monica Analia
; Bruno, Daniel Osvaldo
; Raya Rey, Andrea Nélida
; Fernandez, Daniel Alfredo
Fecha de publicación:
11/2020
Editorial:
Inter-Research
Revista:
Marine Ecology Progress Series
ISSN:
0171-8630
Idioma:
Inglés
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Resumen
Understanding the structure and functioning of marine ecosystems has become a critical issue to assess the potential short- and long-term effects of natural and anthropogenic impacts and to determine the knowledge needed to conduct appropriate conservation actions. This goal can be achieved in part by acquiring more detailed food web information and evaluating the processes that shape food web structure and dynamics. Our main objective was to identify large-scale patterns in the organization of pelagic food webs that can be linked to a wasp-waist (WW) structure, proposed for the southwestern South Atlantic Ocean. We evaluated 3 sub-Antarctic marine areas in a regional context: the Beagle Channel (BC), the Atlantic coast of Tierra del Fuego (CA) and the oceanic Burdwood Bank area (BB). We used carbon and nitrogen isotopic information of all functional trophic groups, ranging from primary producers to top predators, and analyzed them through stable isotope-based Bayesian analyses. We found that BC and BB have a more pronounced WW structure compared to CA. We identified species at mid to low trophic positions that play a key role in the trophodynamics of each marine area (e.g. Fuegian sprat Sprattus fuegensis, longtail southern cod Patagonotothen ramsayi and squat lobster Munida gregaria) and considered them as the most plausible WW species. The identification of the most influential species within food webs has become a crucial task for conservation purposes in local and regional contexts to maintain ecosystem integrity and the supply of ecosystem services for the southwestern South Atlantic Ocean.
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Riccialdelli, Luciana; Becker, Yamila Anabella; Fioramonti, Nicolas Ezequiel; Torres, Monica Analia; Bruno, Daniel Osvaldo; et al.; Trophic structure of southern marine ecosystems: A comparative isotopic analysis from the beagle channel to the oceanic burdwood bank area under a wasp-waist assumption; Inter-Research; Marine Ecology Progress Series; 655; 11-2020; 1-27
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