food web figure

Figure 2 (above) .  A  simplified food web used to examine the effects of mammal (pinniped) removal from the ecosystem.  Box area is proportional to initial (equilibrium) biomass or yield.

 

Year 50 biomass and groundfish catch figure

Figure 3. Year 50 biomass and groundfish catch for the manipulation shown in bars and 95% confidence intervals obtained through Monte Carlo simulations assuming minimal uncertainty in initial (equilibrium) state.