A trophic model of fringing coral reefs in Nanwan Bay, southern Taiwan suggests overfishing

• Published in: Marine environmental research Vol. 68; no. 3; pp. 106 - 117
• Main Authors: Liu, Pi-Jen, Shao, Kwang-Tsao, Jan, Rong-Quen, Fan, Tung-Yung, Wong, Saou-Lien, Hwang, Jiang-Shiou, Chen, Jen-Ping, Chen, Chung-Chi, Lin, Hsing-Juh
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01.09.2009; Elsevier; Elsevier science
• Subjects: Animal and plant ecology; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Animals; Anthozoa - physiology; Applied ecology; Biological and medical sciences; Biomass; Compartments; Coral reefs; Corals; Cycles; Dominance; Ecopath; Exploitation and management of natural biological resources (hunting, fishing and exploited populations survey, etc.); Fish; Fisheries; Fishes; Food Chain; Food web; Foods; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Invertebrates; Macroalgae; Marine; Models, Biological; Network analysis; Oceans and Seas; Phase shift; Reefs; Sea water ecosystems; Synecology; Taiwan; Asia; Taiwan; ISEW, Taiwan; ISEW, Taiwan, Nanwan; Ecopath; Food web; Phase shift; Network analysis; Macroalgae; Overexploitation; Trophic relation; Coral reef; Marine environment; Fringing reef; Overfishing; Models; Bay

Several coral reefs of Nanwan Bay, Taiwan have recently undergone shifts to macroalgal or sea anemone dominance. Thus, a mass-balance trophic model was constructed to analyze the structure and functioning of the food web. The fringing reef model was comprised of 18 compartments, with the highest tro...