Takapotoweb {diagram}R Documentation

Takapoto atoll planktonic food web

Description

Carbon flux matrix of the Takapoto atoll planktonic food web
as reconstructed by inverse modelling by Niquil et al. (1998).

The Takapoto Atoll lagoon is located in the French Polynesia of the South Pacific

The food web comprises 7 functional compartments:

  • Phytoplankton
  • Bacteria
  • Protozoa
  • Microzooplankton
  • Mesozooplankton
  • Detritus
  • Dissolved organic carbon (DOC)

    and three external compartments/sinks:

  • CO2
  • Sedimentation
  • Grazing

    These compartments are connected with 32 flows. Units of the flows are mg C/m2/day

    Usage

    Takapotoweb

    Format

    matrix with flow values, where element ij denotes flow from compartment i to j
    rownames and columnames are the components

    Author(s)

    Karline Soetaert <k.soetaert@nioo.knaw.nl>

    References

  • Niquil, N., Jackson, G.A., Legendre, L., Delesalle, B., 1998. Inverse model analysis of the planktonic food web of Takapoto Atoll (French Polynesia). Marine Ecology Progress Series 165, pp. 17 29.

    See Also

    Rigaweb

    Examples

    plotweb(Takapotoweb,main="Takapoto atoll planktonic food web",
                        sub="mgC/m2/day",lab.size=1)

    [Package diagram version 1.1 Index]