Employing dynamic model to study food web stability and possible regime shifts in Somme Bay

The stability of food web is a hot issue and a research frontier in ecology which has attracted widespread interests. In this research, a new investigation is conducted on the stability of food web. We take Somme Bay as a study case and employ a dynamic model to analyze food web characteristics, wit...

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Autores principales: Huayong Zhang, Tousheng Huang, Xinlei Gu, Jiamin Tu, Lei Zhao, Qiang Meng, Hai Huang
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:6005fba4a8ec4b2ea4355a8e2eb64fe32021-12-01T04:52:02ZEmploying dynamic model to study food web stability and possible regime shifts in Somme Bay1470-160X10.1016/j.ecolind.2021.107721https://doaj.org/article/6005fba4a8ec4b2ea4355a8e2eb64fe32021-08-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1470160X21003861https://doaj.org/toc/1470-160XThe stability of food web is a hot issue and a research frontier in ecology which has attracted widespread interests. In this research, a new investigation is conducted on the stability of food web. We take Somme Bay as a study case and employ a dynamic model to analyze food web characteristics, with the model parameters determined by energy flow balance. Based on the model, the food web of Somme Bay is studied via the changing growth rates of producers and the observation of dynamical complexity, species extinction and food web structure. Comparing with former works, a few interesting results are obtained: (1) living dependence, species extinction cascade, competition, “couple” phenomenon between taxonomic groups are clarified; (2) complex dynamics may emerge from the dynamic model and the occurrence of chaos predicts the coming of species extinction; (3) eight degraded food web structures are found, which reflects the possible regime shifts. With the analyses of the food web characteristics in response to the change of key parameters, this research may provide a new way to study the stability and regime shifts.Huayong ZhangTousheng HuangXinlei GuJiamin TuLei ZhaoQiang MengHai HuangElsevierarticleFood web stabilityRegime shiftDynamic modelSpecies extinctionChaosEnergy flow balanceEcologyQH540-549.5ENEcological Indicators, Vol 127, Iss , Pp 107721- (2021)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic Food web stability
Regime shift
Dynamic model
Species extinction
Chaos
Energy flow balance
Ecology
QH540-549.5
spellingShingle Food web stability
Regime shift
Dynamic model
Species extinction
Chaos
Energy flow balance
Ecology
QH540-549.5
Huayong Zhang
Tousheng Huang
Xinlei Gu
Jiamin Tu
Lei Zhao
Qiang Meng
Hai Huang
Employing dynamic model to study food web stability and possible regime shifts in Somme Bay
description The stability of food web is a hot issue and a research frontier in ecology which has attracted widespread interests. In this research, a new investigation is conducted on the stability of food web. We take Somme Bay as a study case and employ a dynamic model to analyze food web characteristics, with the model parameters determined by energy flow balance. Based on the model, the food web of Somme Bay is studied via the changing growth rates of producers and the observation of dynamical complexity, species extinction and food web structure. Comparing with former works, a few interesting results are obtained: (1) living dependence, species extinction cascade, competition, “couple” phenomenon between taxonomic groups are clarified; (2) complex dynamics may emerge from the dynamic model and the occurrence of chaos predicts the coming of species extinction; (3) eight degraded food web structures are found, which reflects the possible regime shifts. With the analyses of the food web characteristics in response to the change of key parameters, this research may provide a new way to study the stability and regime shifts.
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author Huayong Zhang
Tousheng Huang
Xinlei Gu
Jiamin Tu
Lei Zhao
Qiang Meng
Hai Huang
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Tousheng Huang
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title Employing dynamic model to study food web stability and possible regime shifts in Somme Bay
title_short Employing dynamic model to study food web stability and possible regime shifts in Somme Bay
title_full Employing dynamic model to study food web stability and possible regime shifts in Somme Bay
title_fullStr Employing dynamic model to study food web stability and possible regime shifts in Somme Bay
title_full_unstemmed Employing dynamic model to study food web stability and possible regime shifts in Somme Bay
title_sort employing dynamic model to study food web stability and possible regime shifts in somme bay
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