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http://dx.doi.org/10.11614/KSL.2022.55.4.259

Food Web Models in Aquatic Ecosystems: Review  

Young-Seuk Park (Department of Biology, Kyung Hee University)
Kyung Ah Koo (Division for Natural Environment, Korea Environment Institute)
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Korean Journal of Ecology and Environment / v.55, no.4, 2022 , pp. 259-273 More about this Journal
Abstract
Interactions between species in a community are very complex, and they are visualized and analyzed through a food web in simple way. Food web is a network of species connected by trophic links showing energy flow from prey to predator. Various models were developed to characterize the food web in ecosystems. In this study, we classified food web models to static models such as Ecopath and dynamic models such as AQUATOX. We presented characteristics of several different types of food web models in each category, and reviewed their applications used in aquatic ecosystems. Finally, we presented issues to be considered to develop food web models.
Keywords
aquatic ecosystem; foodweb; ecological model; static model; dynamic model;
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