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Table 5 Summary statistics for the artificial ecosystem model

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

Attribute parameters

Value

Unit

Total consumption (CT)

5,191.52

t km−2 year−1

Total exports (TEX)

4,139.15

t km−2 year−1

Total respiratory flows (TR)

2,646.65

t km−2 year−1

Total flows into detritus (TDET)

7,345.42

t km−2 year−1

Total system throughput (T)

19,323.00

t km−2 year−1

Total production (TP)

8,294.00

t km−2 year−1

Calculated total net primary production (TPP)

6,785.80

t km−2 year−1

Total biomass (TB), excluding detritus

97.99

t km−2

Mean trophic level of the catch

1.52

 

Calculated total net primary production/total respiration

2.56

 

Net system production (NSP)

4,139.15

t km−2 year−1

Total primary production/total biomass

69.25

 

Finn Cycling Index (FCI)

25.00

 

Finn’s mean path length (FML)

2.174

 

Ascendancy (A)

0.315

 

System overhead (O)

0.69

 

Connectance index (CI)

0.31

 

System omnivory index (SOI)

0.35

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