A food web model of the Southern Bight of the North Sea Ghent University
Sustainable development of the blue economy in the Southern Bight of the North Sea (SBNS) requires quantitative assessment methods of the impacts of economic activities. For this purpose, a food web model of the SBNS was developed. The model was constructed for the year of 1991 and described the dietary relationships between 43 functional groups, as well as commercial and recreational fisheries fleets. According to this model, the trophic flows ...