Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8886034 | Journal of Marine Systems | 2017 | 46 Pages |
Abstract
Results of the competitive interactions between alien and native species and changes in trophic flows between food web components highlight the increasing impact of alien species over time. Fishing had noticeable impacts in both time periods and played an important role in the ecosystem. Despite different productivity rates and other environmental differences, the Israeli marine ecosystem shared common structural and functional traits with other Mediterranean marine ecosystems. This is the first attempt to study the ecosystem of the Levant region using mass-balance models and to integrate such a large amount of alien species into food web analyses.
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Authors
X. Corrales, E. Ofir, M. Coll, M. Goren, D. Edelist, J.J. Heymans, G. Gal,