While the physical dimensions of climate change are now routinely assessed through multimodel
intercomparisons, projected impacts on the global ocean ecosystem generally rely on …

Methods of assessing the structure and function of food webs are needed to provide a basis
for assessing large-scale direct (eg fisheries) and indirect (eg climate change) effects of …

In communities sharing a common energy source, the energetic equivalence hypothesis
predicts that numerical abundance (N) scales with body mass (M) as M −0.75 . However, in size…

Despite knowledge-brokering being of high interest to public policy, there is a lack of
research integrating the knowledge of stakeholders and scientists, principally because public …

Low–trophic level species account for more than 30% of global fisheries production and
contribute substantially to global food security. We used a range of ecosystem models to explore …

Model intercomparison studies in the climate and Earth sciences communities have been
crucial to building credibility and coherence for future projections. They have quantified …

Ecopath with Ecosim (EwE) models are easier to construct and use compared to most other
ecosystem modelling techniques and are therefore more widely used by more scientists and …

Attempting to predict the spatial dynamics fish stocks, as required for management, is an
ominous task given our incomplete understanding of biological and ecological mechanisms …

Modelling is perceived as being one of the only tools available to address the new agenda
of ecosystem management. However, little is currently understood with regard to the …

Marine legislation is becoming more complex and marine ecosystem-based management is
specified in national and regional legislative frameworks. Shelf-seas community and …