Food Chains and Food Webs in Aquatic Ecosystems

Food chains and food webs describe the structure of communities and their energy flows, and they present interactions between species. Recently, diverse methods have been developed for both experimental studies and theoretical/computational studies on food webs as well as species interactions. They...

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Published inApplied sciences Vol. 10; no. 14; p. 5012
Main Authors Kwak, Ihn-Sil, Park, Young-Seuk
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Basel MDPI AG 01.07.2020
Subjects
Aquatic ecosystems
assessment
Biomarkers
Biomonitoring
Computer applications
Conflicts of interest
Deoxyribonucleic acid
DNA
Ecological monitoring
Ecosystem assessment
Energy flow
Environmental DNA
Environmental effects
Environmental factors
Environmental monitoring
food chain
Food chains
food web
Food webs
Heat
Identification
monitoring
Organisms
Oxidative stress
Physiology
Plankton
Proteins
Salinity
Taxonomy
Temperature
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Summary:Food chains and food webs describe the structure of communities and their energy flows, and they present interactions between species. Recently, diverse methods have been developed for both experimental studies and theoretical/computational studies on food webs as well as species interactions. They are effectively used for various applications, including the monitoring and assessment of ecosystems. This Special Issue includes six empirical studies on food chains and food webs as well as effects of environmental factors on organisms in aquatic ecosystems. They confirmed the usefulness of their methods including isotope, DNA-barcoding with gut contents, and environmental DNA for biological monitoring and ecosystem assessment.
ISSN:2076-3417
2076-3417
DOI:10.3390/app10145012