Squid as nutrient vectors linking Southwest Atlantic marine ecosystems

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• 作者：Alex ; er I. Arkhipkin
• 关键词：Biomass ; Production ; Squid ; Illex argentinus ; Doryteuthis gahi ; Onykia ingens
• 刊名：Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography
• 出版年：15 October, 2013
• 年：2013
• 卷：95
• 期：Complete
• 页码：7-20
• 全文大小：2341 K

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Long-term investigations of three abundant nektonic squid species from the Southwest Atlantic, Illex argentinus, Doryteuthis gahi and Onykia ingens, permitted to estimate important population parameters including individual growth rates, duration of ontogenetic phases and mortalities. Using production model, the productivity of squid populations at different phases of their life cycle was assessed and the amount of biomass they convey between marine ecosystems as a result of their ontogenetic migrations was quantified. It was found that squid are major nutrient vectors and play a key role as transient 鈥榖iological pumps鈥?linking spatially distinct marine ecosystems. I. argentinus has the largest impact in all three ecosystems it encounters due to its high abundance and productivity. The variable nature of squid populations increases the vulnerability of these biological conveyers to overfishing and environmental change. Failure of these critical biological pathways may induce irreversible long-term consequences for biodiversity, resource abundance and spatial availability in the world ocean.