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    A review of the energetic density of zooplankton and nekton species of the Southern Ocean

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    Document Number:
    WG-EMM-18/P17
    Author(s):
    F.L. Schaafsma, Y. Cherel, H. Flores, J.A. van Franeker, M.A. Lea, B. Raymond and A.P. van de Putte
    Submitted By:
    Dr Fokje Schaafsma (Netherlands, Kingdom of the)
    Approved By:
    Ms Doro Forck (CCAMLR Secretariat)
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    Agenda Item(s)
    WG-EMM-18 - 5 - Climate change and associated research and monitoring
    Publication:
    Marine Biology (under review)
    Abstract

    Understanding the energy flux through food webs is important for estimating the capacity of marine ecosystems to support stocks of living resources. This paper provides a summary of a review on currently available Southern Ocean energetic density data. This review is a result of the Southern Ocean Diet and Energetics Database, an initiative of the SCAR Expert on Group Birds and Marine Mammals (EG-BAMM) and the SCAR Expert Group on Antarctic Biodiversity Informatics (EG-ABI), in which data on the diet and energetics of Southern Ocean species is collected to form a centralised database.