Inclusion of jellyfish in 30þ years of Ecopath with Ecosim models

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dc.contributor.authorLamb, Philip D.
dc.contributor.authorHunter, Ewan
dc.contributor.authorPinnegar, John K.
dc.contributor.authorDoyle, Thomas K.
dc.contributor.authorCreer, Simon
dc.contributor.authorTaylor, Martin I.
dc.contributor.funderNatural Environment Research Councilen
dc.date.accessioned2019-10-26T06:44:01Z
dc.date.available2019-10-26T06:44:01Z
dc.date.issued2019-10-09
dc.description.abstractA review of the functional role of jellyfish in Ecopath with Ecosim (EwE) models by Pauly et al. [Pauly, D., Graham, W., Libralato, S., Morissette, L., and Deng Palomares, M. L. 2009. Jellyfish in ecosystems, online databases, and ecosystem models. Hydrobiologia, 616: 67–85.] a decade ago concluded that recreation of jellyfish population dynamics in models required additional ecological research and the careful consideration of their unique biology during model construction. Here, amidst calls for ecosystem-based management and the growing recognition of jellyfishes' role in foodwebs, we investigate how jellyfish are implemented in EwE models and identify areas requiring improvement. Over time, an increasing percentage of models have included jellyfish. Jellyfish were often linked to the wider ecosystem, with many predators and prey included in models. However, ecotrophic efficiency, a measure of the extent to which they are used by higher trophic levels, was frequently set at low values, suggesting that jellyfish are still perceived as under-utilized components of the ecosystem. Moving forward, greater care should be taken to differentiate the functional roles played by ctenophores, cnidarians, and pelagic tunicates. Additionally, when feasible, early life stages should be incorporated as multi-stanza groups to more accurately depict jellyfishes' complex life cycle.en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionPublished Versionen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.articleidfsz165en
dc.identifier.citationLamb, P. D., Hunter, E., Pinnegar, J. K., Doyle, T. K., Creer, S. and Taylor, M. I. (2019) 'Inclusion of jellyfish in 30+ years of Ecopath with Ecosim models', ICES Journal of Marine Science, fsz165. (10pp.) DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsz165en
dc.identifier.doi10.1093/icesjms/fsz165en
dc.identifier.eissn1095-9289
dc.identifier.endpage10en
dc.identifier.issn1054-3139
dc.identifier.journaltitleICES Journal of Marine Scienceen
dc.identifier.startpage1en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/8871
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherInternational Council for the Exploration of the Sea 2en
dc.relation.projectinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/RCUK/NERC/NE/L002582/1/GB/Environment East (EnvEast) Doctoral Training Partnership/en
dc.relation.urihttps://academic.oup.com/icesjms/advance-article/doi/10.1093/icesjms/fsz165/5584405
dc.rights© International Council for the Exploration of the Sea 2019. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.en
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en
dc.subjectEcopath (EwE)en
dc.subjectEcosystem modellingen
dc.subjectGelatinous zooplanktonen
dc.subjectJellyfishen
dc.subjectPredationen
dc.titleInclusion of jellyfish in 30þ years of Ecopath with Ecosim modelsen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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