Estimating Consumption to Biomass Ratio in Non-Stationary Harvested Fish Populations.

The food consumption to biomass ratio (C) is one of the most important population parameters in ecosystem modelling because its quantifies the interactions between predator and prey. Existing models for estimating C in fish populations are per-recruit cohort models or empirical models, valid only fo...

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Main Authors: Rodrigo Wiff, Ruben H Roa-Ureta, David L Borchers, Andrés C Milessi, Mauricio A Barrientos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4631494?pdf=render