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A probabilistic representation of fish diet compositions from multiple data sources: A Gulf of Mexico case study

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  • Masi, M.D.
  • Ainsworth, C.H.
  • Chagaris, D.

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Trophic ecosystem models are interactive tools that allow decision makers to analyze how a management decision can impact an ecosystem on a multi-species level, and are increasingly being used as a supplement to the current single species approach to fisheries management. The functionality of such a model is dependent upon an accurate representation of the trophic interactions occurring within a study area. Typical methods for developing a diet matrix to be used in ecosystem models often fail to account for uncertainty associated with sampling; this is especially relevant when dealing with small diet data sets. In this case study of the Gulf of Mexico ecosystem, we have conducted a laboratory diet analysis to define predator–prey interactions for non-commercially important predator species resident to the study area, and then expounded on this laboratory data by assimilating two, more robust data sets. By applying a maximum likelihood estimation method, we combine these data sets and produce maximum likelihood estimates (MLEs) and associated error ranges, which describe the likely diet contribution that a given prey item contributes to a predator's diet. We use the resultant mode values to develop a preliminary food web diagram, depicting the trophic interactions occurring between aggregated groups of species within our model study area. These results will be used to parameterize the availabilities (diet) matrix of an Atlantis ecosystem model of the Gulf of Mexico.

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  • Masi, M.D. & Ainsworth, C.H. & Chagaris, D., 2014. "A probabilistic representation of fish diet compositions from multiple data sources: A Gulf of Mexico case study," Ecological Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 284(C), pages 60-74.
  • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecomod:v:284:y:2014:i:c:p:60-74
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2014.04.005
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    1. Sagarese, Skyler R. & Lauretta, Matthew V. & Walter, John F., 2017. "Progress towards a next-generation fisheries ecosystem model for the northern Gulf of Mexico," Ecological Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 345(C), pages 75-98.
    2. Morzaria-Luna, Hem Nalini & Ainsworth, Cameron H. & Tarnecki, Joseph H. & Grüss, Arnaud, 2018. "Diet composition uncertainty determines impacts on fisheries following an oil spill," Ecosystem Services, Elsevier, vol. 33(PB), pages 187-198.
    3. Perryman, Holly A. & Tarnecki, Joseph H. & Grüss, Arnaud & Babcock, Elizabeth A. & Sagarese, Skyler R. & Ainsworth, Cameron H. & Gray DiLeone, Alisha M., 2020. "A revised diet matrix to improve the parameterization of a West Florida Shelf Ecopath model for understanding harmful algal bloom impacts," Ecological Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 416(C).
    4. Grüss, Arnaud & Palomares, Maria L.D. & Poelen, Jorrit H. & Barile, Josephine R. & Aldemita, Casey D. & Ortiz, Shelumiel R. & Barrier, Nicolas & Shin, Yunne-Jai & Simons, James & Pauly, Daniel, 2019. "Building bridges between global information systems on marine organisms and ecosystem models," Ecological Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 398(C), pages 1-19.
    5. Gray DiLeone, A.M. & Ainsworth, C.H., 2019. "Effects of Karenia brevis harmful algal blooms on fish community structure on the West Florida Shelf," Ecological Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 392(C), pages 250-267.

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