A review of the energetic density of zooplankton and nekton species of the Southern Ocean

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Document Number:

WG-EMM-18/P17

Author(s):

F.L. Schaafsma, Y. Cherel, H. Flores, J.A. van Franeker, M.A. Lea, B. Raymond and A.P. van de Putte

Submitted By:

Dr Fokje Schaafsma

Approved By:

Ms Doro Forck (CCAMLR Secretariat)

Agenda Item(s)

WG-EMM-18 - 5 - Climate change and associated research and monitoring

Publication:

Marine Biology (under review)

Abstract

Understanding the energy flux through food webs is important for estimating the capacity of marine ecosystems to support stocks of living resources. This paper provides a summary of a review on currently available Southern Ocean energetic density data. This review is a result of the Southern Ocean Diet and Energetics Database, an initiative of the SCAR Expert on Group Birds and Marine Mammals (EG-BAMM) and the SCAR Expert Group on Antarctic Biodiversity Informatics (EG-ABI), in which data on the diet and energetics of Southern Ocean species is collected to form a centralised database.