Table 6 Comparison of ecosystem attributes in Hangzhou Bay, Shensi Bay, Kuosheng Bay, and Tongoy Bay
Attribute parameters | Artificial ecosystem (this study) | Shensi Bay (Li et al. 2007) | Tongoy Bay (Wolff 1994) | Kuosheng Bay (Lin et al. 2004) | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total consumption (CT) | 5,191.52 | 2,249.94 | 7,669.00 | 14,701.00 | t km−2 year−1 |
Total respiratory flows (TR) | 2,646.65 | 1,249.06 | 4,021.00 | 6,328.00 | t km−2 year−1 |
Total flows into detritus (TDET) | 7,345.42 | 1,179.14 | 6,040.00 | 8,281.00 | t km−2 year−1 |
Total system throughput (T) | 19,323.00 | 5,160.00 | 20,835.00 | 29,692.00 | t km−2 year−1 |
Calculated total net primary production (TPP) | 6,785.80 | 1,730.16 | 7,125.00 | 6,710.00 | t km−2 year−1 |
Total biomass (TB), excluding detritus | 97.99 | 61.773 | 263.00 | 167.00 | t km−2 |
TPP/TR | 2.56 | 1.38 | 1.77 | 1.06 | Â |
TB/TDET | 0.013 | 0.052 | 0.044 | 0.020 | Â |
Finn Cycling Index (FCI) | 25.00 | 9.73 | 10.10 | 32.00 | Â |
Finn’s mean path length (FML) | 2.17 | 3.69 | 4.90 | 4.40 |  |
Ascendancy (A) | 0.31 | 0.44 | 0.44 | 0.48 | Â |
System overhead (O) | 0.69 | 0.56 | 0.56 | 0.52 | Â |