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Table 3 Diet composition matrix, in percentage of volume of prey groups, assembled from research data to construct the artificial ecosystem model

From: An ecological model of the artificial ecosystem (northern Hangzhou Bay, China): analysis of ecosystem structure and fishing impacts

Prey/predator

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

1 Phytoplankton

0.10

 

0.15

0.10

  

0.53

   

2 Macrophytes

      

0.17

   

3 Herbivorous zooplanktona

0.30

0.75

0.11

0.12

0.10

0.07

0.09

0.20

  

4 Carnivorous zooplanktona

 

0.05

0.13

0.35

0.35

0.35

 

0.45

0.01

 

5 Infaunab

  

0.06

0.20

0.15

0.12

  

0.23

 

6 Molluscac

     

0.16

  

0.10

 

7 Shrimpc

       

0.02

0.19

 

8 Crabsd

       

0.02

0.20

 

9 Herbivorous fishe

        

0.03

0.252

10 Zooplanktivorous fishe

       

0.01

 

0.448

11 Benthic-feeding fishe

         

0.30

12 Piscivorous fishe

          

13 Detritus

0.60

0.2

0.55

0.23

0.40

0.30

0.21

0.30

0.24

 
  1. aLin et al. (1999)
  2. bVera-Cendejas (2003)
  3. cTong et al. (2000)
  4. dManickchand-Heileman et al. (2004)
  5. eBased on content analysis
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