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[ES] ¿Están las redes tróficas del bentos controladas por predación (control desde arriba) o por recursos (control desde abajo)?. Aunque ambos tipos de control operan en todos los ecosistemas, la bibliografía en este campo ha estado sienipre dominada por los trbajos clásicos realizados en sustratos rocosos o duros. Se necesita más investigación para dilucidar la importancia de los recursos en las redes tróficas de estas comunidades. Experimentos controlados en los que se manipulen factores de control desde arriba y desde abajo, debieran realizarse en la naturaleza para evaluar la importancia relativa de la predación y los recursos en las diferentes comunidades. El trabajo realizado en la marisma de Great Sippewissett (Massachusetts, USA) examina ambos tipos de control, añadiendo nutrientes para incrementar los recursos y efectuando experimentos con cajas para reducir la predación por peces y cangrejos sobre la epifauna. Se ilustra de esta forma el valor de dichas manipulaciones para evaluar los controles en las redes tróficas acuáticas.
[EN] Are benthic marine food webs controlled by predation (top-down) or resources (bottom-up)? Although both top-down and bottom-up processes operate in al1 ecosystems, the aquatic literature on communities has been dominated by early work done on rocky or hard substrates, which emphasizes top-down controls. Further research to assess the importance of resources on food webs of these communities is needed. Manipulative experiments in which top-down and bottom-up factors are simultaneously varied in the field should be undertaken is to adequately evaluate is relative importance of predation and resources. Our work on the benthos of Great Sippewissett Salt Marsh in Massachusetts, USA, examined the effects of both nutrient additions to increase resources, and caging to reduce predation by epibenthic fish and crabs. It illustrates the value of such field manipulations in evaluating controls on aquatic food webs.
This synthesis was conducted as part of the Waquoit Bay LMER project and was supported by grants from the National Science Foundation, including Land Margin Ecosystem Research initiative, and by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 1, and by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Sanctuaries and Reserves Division.
10 páginas, 6 figuras, 1 tabla.-- Contribución a "Topics in marine Benthos ecology", R.Sardà y J.D. Ros (eds.).
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Benthos, Food webs, Redes tróficas, Bentos
Benthos, Food webs, Redes tróficas, Bentos
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