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Title: Food Web Dynamics Program
Short Name: Food Web Dynamics Program (FWDP)
Status: In Work
Abstract:

The Food Web Dynamics Program (FWDP), located at the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) , Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) , Woods Hole Laboratory , and part of the Population Biology Branch , examines the magnitude of predation and the impact of selective harvesting patterns on fish community dynamics. The Program documents predator-prey and competitive interactions among fish populations and assesses the joint impact of harvesting and ecological interactions on these populations. The FWDP conducts research to determine the impact of changing predator biomass on commercially- and ecologically-important species of the northeast U.S. continental shelf.

Purpose:

Food Web Dynamics exists to serve four purposes: 1) to assess predation mortality (relative to fishing mortality) of commercially important fishes, 2) to mechanistically and predictively model species interactions that impact the status of these stocks, enhancing identification of critical life stages, 3) to relate changes in diet to changes in population level growth rates, and 4) to understand the structure and dynamics of the northeast continental shelf ecosystem.

Keywords

Theme Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
UNCONTROLLED
None predators
None prey identification
None prey weight
None stomach sample

Temporal Keywords

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UNCONTROLLED
None Continuous

Spatial Keywords

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UNCONTROLLED
None Cape Hatteras
None Northwest Atlantic
None Nova Scotia

Extents

Extent Group 1

Extent Group 1 / Time Frame 1

CC ID: 185876
Time Frame Type: Continuing
Start: 1973

URLs

URL 1

CC ID: 184706
URL: http://nefsc.noaa.gov/femad/pbb/fwdp/
URL Type:
Online Resource
File Resource Format: HTML
Description:

Food Web Dynamics Program webpage.

Child Items

Rubric scores updated every 15m

Rubric Score Type Title
86
Data Set Food Habits Database (FHDBS)

Catalog Details

Catalog Item ID: 23133
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:23133
Metadata Record Created By: Patricia L Jones
Metadata Record Created: 2015-02-18 08:45+0000
Metadata Record Last Modified By: SysAdmin InPortAdmin
Metadata Record Last Modified: 2022-08-09 17:11+0000
Metadata Record Published: 2016-06-28
Owner Org: NEFSC
Metadata Publication Status: Published Externally
Do Not Publish?: N
Metadata Last Review Date: 2016-06-28
Metadata Review Frequency: 1 Year
Metadata Next Review Date: 2017-06-28