Weak Cross-Species Relationships between Body Size and Trophic Level Belie Powerful Size-Based Trophic Structuring in Fish Communities

1. Body size determines rates of respiration and production, energy requirements, mortality rates, patterns of predation and vulnerability to mortality. Body size distributions are often used to describe structure and energy flux in communities and ecosystems. 2. If clear relationships can be establ...

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Vydané v:	The Journal of animal ecology Ročník 70; číslo 6; s. 934 - 944
Hlavní autori:	Jennings, Simon, Pinnegar, John K., Nicholas V. C. Polunin, Boon, Trevor W.
Médium:	Journal Article
Jazyk:	English
Vydavateľské údaje:	Oxford, UK British Ecological Society 01.11.2001 Blackwell Science Ltd Blackwell Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Predmet:	allometry Animal and plant ecology Animal ecology Animal, plant and microbial ecology Biological and medical sciences Body size Community relations Community structure Ecological life histories Fish food web Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology life history Marine ecology Marine fishes Ocean fisheries phylogeny Pisces Sea water ecosystems Synecology trophic level Trophic levels North Atlantic Celtic Sea North Sea Atlantic Ocean Community structure Trophic structure Trophic relation Corporal biometry Phylogeny Allometry Marine environment Vertebrata Food web Animal community Trophic level Pisces Body size
ISSN:	0021-8790, 1365-2656
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