Energy Equivalents of Marine Organisms from the Continental Shelf of the Temperate Northwest Atlantic
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Frank W. Steimle Jr. and Russell J. Terranova

National Marine Fisheries Service, Northeast Fisheries Center
Sandy Hook Laboratory, Highlands, N. J. 07732, USA

Source - Journal of Northwest Atlantic Fishery Science, Volume 6(2): 117-124
ISSN-0250-6408

Abstract

The availability of appropriate energy equivalents is one of the needs in species or community bioenergetic models. Energy-equivalent data for 151 common invertebrate and vertebrate species on the continental shelf of the temperate Northwest Atlantic from Nova Scotia to North Carolina are presented and compared with the more limited results of other studies. Energy equivalents were found to be variable among major taxonomic or trophic groups and general trends were not evident. A review of equivalents from some recent ecosystem models for the Northwest Atlantic indicates that the models can be substantially improved.

Language - English
Publisher - Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO), Dartmouth, N.S., Canada
Publication Date - December 1985
Publication Type - Journal Article
Descriptors - Atlantic Ocean, NW, Continental Shelf, trophodynamic models