Global change in the trophic functioning of marine food webs.
The development of fisheries in the oceans, and other human drivers such as climate warming, have led to changes in species abundance, assemblages, trophic interactions, and ultimately in the functioning of marine food webs. Here, using a trophodynamic approach and global databases of catches and li...
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| author | Aurore Maureaud Didier Gascuel Mathieu Colléter Maria L D Palomares Hubert Du Pontavice Daniel Pauly William W L Cheung |
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| description | The development of fisheries in the oceans, and other human drivers such as climate warming, have led to changes in species abundance, assemblages, trophic interactions, and ultimately in the functioning of marine food webs. Here, using a trophodynamic approach and global databases of catches and life history traits of marine species, we tested the hypothesis that anthropogenic ecological impacts may have led to changes in the global parameters defining the transfers of biomass within the food web. First, we developed two indicators to assess such changes: the Time Cumulated Indicator (TCI) measuring the residence time of biomass within the food web, and the Efficiency Cumulated Indicator (ECI) quantifying the fraction of secondary production reaching the top of the trophic chain. Then, we assessed, at the large marine ecosystem scale, the worldwide change of these two indicators over the 1950-2010 time-periods. Global trends were identified and cluster analyses were used to characterize the variability of trends between ecosystems. Results showed that the most common pattern over the study period is a global decrease in TCI, while the ECI indicator tends to increase. Thus, changes in species assemblages would induce faster and apparently more efficient biomass transfers in marine food webs. Results also suggested that the main driver of change over that period had been the large increase in fishing pressure. The largest changes occurred in ecosystems where 'fishing down the marine food web' are most intensive. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-188097b7f0734a6c8b0b7dd2fa4f107a2025-08-20T02:46:01ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032017-01-01128e018282610.1371/journal.pone.0182826Global change in the trophic functioning of marine food webs.Aurore MaureaudDidier GascuelMathieu ColléterMaria L D PalomaresHubert Du PontaviceDaniel PaulyWilliam W L CheungThe development of fisheries in the oceans, and other human drivers such as climate warming, have led to changes in species abundance, assemblages, trophic interactions, and ultimately in the functioning of marine food webs. Here, using a trophodynamic approach and global databases of catches and life history traits of marine species, we tested the hypothesis that anthropogenic ecological impacts may have led to changes in the global parameters defining the transfers of biomass within the food web. First, we developed two indicators to assess such changes: the Time Cumulated Indicator (TCI) measuring the residence time of biomass within the food web, and the Efficiency Cumulated Indicator (ECI) quantifying the fraction of secondary production reaching the top of the trophic chain. Then, we assessed, at the large marine ecosystem scale, the worldwide change of these two indicators over the 1950-2010 time-periods. Global trends were identified and cluster analyses were used to characterize the variability of trends between ecosystems. Results showed that the most common pattern over the study period is a global decrease in TCI, while the ECI indicator tends to increase. Thus, changes in species assemblages would induce faster and apparently more efficient biomass transfers in marine food webs. Results also suggested that the main driver of change over that period had been the large increase in fishing pressure. The largest changes occurred in ecosystems where 'fishing down the marine food web' are most intensive.https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0182826&type=printable |
| spellingShingle | Aurore Maureaud Didier Gascuel Mathieu Colléter Maria L D Palomares Hubert Du Pontavice Daniel Pauly William W L Cheung Global change in the trophic functioning of marine food webs. PLoS ONE |
| title | Global change in the trophic functioning of marine food webs. |
| title_full | Global change in the trophic functioning of marine food webs. |
| title_fullStr | Global change in the trophic functioning of marine food webs. |
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| title_short | Global change in the trophic functioning of marine food webs. |
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