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Carbon flows and interaction strength in aquatic food web models
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F. JORDÁN1*, G. SCIARPETTI2, W. -C. LIU3
1 Danube Research Institute, MTA Centre for Ecological Research, Karolina 29, 1113, Budapest, Hungary
2 Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, Hungary
3 Institute of Statistical Science, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
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ABSTRACT. – We studied 25 published marine food web models. We compared the sizes of carbon flows to the strength of interactions inferred by a topological measure. We determined which network properties correlate with a significant relationship between major flows and strong interactions. It is concluded that small and dense networks show significant interaction between flows and interaction strength but in large and sparse networks it can be misleading to use carbon flows as a proxy for finding important interactions.
