TROPHIC CIRCULATION IN ECOSYSTEMS

Autores/as

  • Manuel Zetina-Rejón Instituto Politécnico Nacional - Centro Interdisciplinario de Ciencias Marinas University of British Columbia - Fisheries Centre
  • Nancy J. Brown-Peterson Department of Coastal Sciences, The University of Southern Mississippi, 703 East Beach Drive, Ocean Springs, MS 39564, USA.
  • Pablo del Monte-Luna Centro Interdisciplinario de Ciencias Marinas - Instituto Politécnico Nacional. Avenida Instituto Politécnico Nacional s/n, Col. Playa Palo de Santa Rita, CP. 23094, La Paz, Baja California Sur, México. Apartado Postal 592.
  • Victor Hugo Cruz-Escalona Department of Coastal Sciences, The University of Southern Mississippi, 703 East Beach Drive, Ocean Springs, MS 39564, USA.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.19136/era.a3n8.676

Palabras clave:

ecosystem, trophic flow, food web, thermodynamics, dissipative structures

Resumen

The trophic aspect of ecology has been studied for more than six decades; in this contribution we address theoretical aspects relative to the concept of trophic ow at the ecosystem level and from the thermodynamics point of view. Much of this knowledge is greatly based on the consideration that ecosystems are functional units that are worth global study. Undoubtedly, a key element in the study of ecosystems relates to energy circulation through food webs. Although trophic ecology has been a su ciently studied topic, we have not found a formal description of the trophic ow concept. Thus, this work proposes a concept based on movements of matter and energy amongst the biological components of the ecosystem. We include Odum's universal model of energy ow to synthesize the concept of trophic ow in the ecosystem. Additionally, we analyze the ecosystem thermodynamics, we discuss the characteristics of ecosystems as open and dissipation systems, and we indicate which types of mechanisms can regulate trophic ow in ecosystem. Finally, we discuss how the study of trophic ow is helpful for characterization of ecosystems structure and function, and it is important to consider it in ecosystems-based management as well. 

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Biografía del autor/a

  • Nancy J. Brown-Peterson, Department of Coastal Sciences, The University of Southern Mississippi, 703 East Beach Drive, Ocean Springs, MS 39564, USA.

    Department of Coastal Sciences, The University of Southern Mississippi, 703 East Beach Drive, Ocean Springs, MS 39564, USA. 

  • Pablo del Monte-Luna, Centro Interdisciplinario de Ciencias Marinas - Instituto Politécnico Nacional. Avenida Instituto Politécnico Nacional s/n, Col. Playa Palo de Santa Rita, CP. 23094, La Paz, Baja California Sur, México. Apartado Postal 592.

    Centro Interdisciplinario de Ciencias Marinas - Instituto Politécnico Nacional. Avenida Instituto Politécnico Nacional s/n, Col. Playa Palo de Santa Rita, CP. 23094, La Paz, Baja California Sur, México. Apartado Postal 592. 

  • Victor Hugo Cruz-Escalona, Department of Coastal Sciences, The University of Southern Mississippi, 703 East Beach Drive, Ocean Springs, MS 39564, USA.

    Department of Coastal Sciences, The University of Southern Mississippi, 703 East Beach Drive, Ocean Springs, MS 39564, USA. 

Publicado

2016-03-18

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Cómo citar

Zetina-Rejón, M., Brown-Peterson, N. J., del Monte-Luna, P., & Cruz-Escalona, V. H. (2016). TROPHIC CIRCULATION IN ECOSYSTEMS. Ecosistemas Y Recursos Agropecuarios, 3(8), 279-291. https://doi.org/10.19136/era.a3n8.676

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