[HTML][HTML] Trophic transfer and biomagnification potential of environmental contaminants (heavy metals) in aquatic ecosystems

NB Saidon, R Szabó, P Budai, J Lehel - Environmental pollution, 2024 - Elsevier
Physical, chemical weathering and volcanic eruptions release heavy metals into soils and
surface waters naturally. Contaminants from anthropogenic sources originated from …

A preliminary model of the mangrove ecosystem of Dongzhaigang Bay, Hainan,(China) based on Ecopath and Ecospace

C Jiang, D Pauly, W Wang, J Du, J Cheng… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Marine and coastal ecosystems are complex, especially because of the
connection between their many functional groups and the various habitats provided by …

Changes in the Baltic Sea coastal food web: A case study on the invasion of Round goby Neogobius melanostomus (Pallas, 1814)

R Morkūnė, MT Tomczak, E Bacevičius… - Estuarine, Coastal and …, 2024 - Elsevier
We used dynamic food web modeling to assess the trophic effects of the increased
abundance of the invasive Round goby Neogobius melanostomus (Pallas, 1814) on …

Quantifying spatial variation in isotopic baselines reveals size-based feeding in a model estuarine predator: implications for trophic studies in dynamic ecotones

P Matich, ON Shipley, OC Weideli - Marine Biology, 2021 - Springer
Nitrogen stable isotopes (δ15N) are typically used to estimate trophic position, providing
insight into ecological roles and broader food web structure. Ecological inferences drawn …

Unveiling the wasp-waist structure of the Falkland shelf ecosystem: the role of Doryteuthis gahi as a keystone species and its trophic influences

T Büring, J van Der Grient, G Pierce… - Journal of the Marine …, 2024 - cambridge.org
The Falkland Shelf is a highly productive ecosystem in the Southwest Atlantic Ocean. It is
characterized by upwelling oceanographic dynamics and displays a wasp-waist structure …

Organic enrichment induces shifts in the trophic position of infauna in a subtropical benthic food web, Hong Kong

W Xu, PKS Shin, J Sun - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Anthropogenic nutrient input to coastal waters is one of the most common disturbances
within inshore marine benthic communities. Organic enrichment in sediments leads to the …

Effects of ocean warming and fishing on the coral reef ecosystem: A case study of Xisha Islands, South China Sea

X Zhang, Y Li, J Du, S Qiu, B Xie, W Chen… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Global change has generated challenges for oceans, from individuals to the entire
ecosystem, and has raised contemporary issues related to ocean conservation and …

Comparison between trophic positions in the Barents Sea estimated from stable isotope data and a mass balance model

T Pedersen - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The trophic position concept is central in system ecology, and in this study, trophic position
(TP) estimates from stable-isotopes and an Ecopath mass-balance food web model for the …

A global trophic analysis of estuary-associated fishes

TD Harrison, AK Whitfield - Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, 2025 - Springer
The global trophic structure and trophic level of estuarine-associated fishes was analysed in
relation to biogeographic and selected environmental parameters. Meta-assemblages of …

The Canadian Beaufort Shelf trophic structure: evaluating an ecosystem modelling approach by comparison with observed stable isotopic structure

C Hoover, C Giraldo, A Ehrman, KD Suchy… - Arctic …, 2021 - cdnsciencepub.com
Climate-driven impacts on marine trophic pathways worldwide are compounded by sea-ice
loss at northern latitudes. For the Arctic, current information describing food-web linkages is …