Publications

Ecopath International Initiative has participated in the following publications:

in prep.
[46]	Hindcasting the dynamics of an Eastern Mediterranean marine ecosystem under the impacts of multiple stressors (X. Corrales, M. Coll, E. Ofir, C. Piroddi, M. Goren, D. Edelist, J.J. Heymans, J. Steenbeek, V. Christensen, G. Gal), In Marine Ecolog Progress Series, in prep.. [bibtex]
[45]	Ecological role and historical trends of large pelagic predators in a subtropical marine ecosystem of the South Atlantic (H. Bornatowski, R. Angelini, M. Coll, R. P. Barreto, A. F. Amorim), In Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, volume DOI 10.1007/s11160-017-9492-z, in prep.. [bibtex]
2017
[44]	Standardized ecological indicators to assess aquatic food webs: The ECOIND software plug-in for Ecopath with Ecosim models (M. Coll, J. Steenbeek), In Environmental Modelling & Software, volume 89, 2017. [bibtex] [pdf] [doi]
[43]	A risk-based approach to cumulative effect assessments for marine management (V. Stelzenmüller, M. Coll, A. D. Mazaris, S. Giakoumi, S. Katsanevakis, M. Portman, R. Degen, P. Mackelworth, A. Gimpel, P. G. Albano, V. Almpanidou, J. Claudet, F. Essel, T. Evagelopoulos, J. J. Heymans, T. Genov, S. Kark, F. Micheli, M. G. Pennino, G. Rilov, B. Rumes, J. Steenbeek, H. Ojaveer), In Science of the Total Environment, volume 612, 2017. [bibtex]
[42]	Historical changes of the Mediterranean Sea ecosystem: modelling the role and impact of primary productivity and fisheries changes over time (Chiara Piroddi, Marta Coll, Camino Liquete, Diego Macias, Krista Greer, Joe Buszowski, Jeroen Steenbeek, Roberto Danovaro, Villy Christensen), In Scientific Reports, volume 7, 2017. [bibtex] [pdf]
[41]	Advancing marine conservation in European and contiguous seas with the MarCons Action (S. Katsanevakis, P. Mackelworth, M. Coll, S. Fraschetti, V. Mačić, S. Giakoumi, P.J.S. Jones, N. Levin, P.G. Albano, F. Badalamenti, R. U. Brennan, J. Claudet, D. Culibrk, G. D’Anna, A. Deidun, A. Evagelopoulos, J.A. García-Charton, D. Goldsborough, D. Holcer, C. Jimenez, S. Kark, T. K. Sørensen, B. Lazar, G. Martin, A. D. Mazaris, F Micheli, E.J. Milner-Gulland, C. Pipitone, M .E. Portman, F. Pranovi, G. Rilov, R. J. Smith, V. Stelzenmüller, I. Vogiatzakis, G. Winters), In Research Ideas and Outcomes, volume 3, 2017. [bibtex]
[40]	Modeling the role and impact of alien species and fisheries on the Israeli marine continental shelf ecosystem (X. Corrales, E. Ofir, M. Coll, M. Goren, D. Edelist, J.J. Heymans, G. Gal), In Journal of Marine Systems, volume 170, 2017. [bibtex]
2016
[39]	Modelling marine ecosystems using the Ecopath with Ecosim food web approach: New insights to address complex dynamics after 30 years of developments (S. Villasante, F. Arreguín-Sánchez, J.J. Heymans, S. Libralato, C. Piroddi, V. Christensen, M. Coll), In Ecological Modelling, volume 331, 2016. [bibtex]
[38]	Ecopath with Ecosim as a model-building toolbox: Source code capabilities, extensions, and variations (Jeroen Steenbeek, Joe Buszowski, Villy Christensen, Ekin Akoglu, Kerim Aydin, Nick Ellis, Dalai Felinto, Jerome Guitton, Sean Lucey, Kelly Kearney, Steven Mackinson, Mike Pan, Mark Platts, Carl Walters), In Ecological Modelling, 2016. [bibtex] [pdf] [doi]
[37]	A Stepwise Fitting Procedure for automated fitting of Ecopath with Ecosim models (Erin Scott, Natalia Serpetti, Jeroen Steenbeek, Johanna Jacomina Heymans), In SoftwareX, volume 5, 2016. [bibtex] [pdf] [doi]
[36]	Ecosystem indicators – accounting for variability in species’ trophic levels (J. Reed, L. J. Shannon, L. Velez, E. Akoglu, A. Bundy, M. Coll, C. Fu, B. Fulton, A. Gruss, G. Halouani, J.J. Heymans, J.E. Houle, F. Le Loc'h, B. Salihoglu, P. Verley, Y.J. Shin), In ICES Journal of Marine Science, 2016. [bibtex]
[35]	Employing ecosystem models and geographic information systems (GIS) to investigate the response of changing marsh edge on historical biomass of estuarine nekton in Barataria Bay, Louisiana, USA (K. A. Lewis, K. de Mutsert, J. Steenbeek, H. Peele, J. H. Cowan, J. Buszowski), In Ecological Modelling, volume 331, 2016. [bibtex] [pdf]
[34]	Best practice in Ecopath with Ecosim food-web models for ecosystem-based management (J. J. Heymans, M. Coll, J.S. Link, S. Mackinson, J Steenbeek, V. Christensen), In Ecological Modelling, volume 331, 2016. [bibtex]
[33]	Best practice in developing, balancing, fitting and using Ecopath with Ecosim food-web models for ecosystem-based management (J. J. Heymans, M. Coll, J.S. Link, S. Mackinson, J Steenbeek, V. Christensen), In Ecological Modelling, volume 331, 2016. [bibtex] [pdf] [doi]
[32]	Ecosystem Effects of Invertebrate Fisheries (T. D. Eddy, H. K. Lotze, E. Fulton, M. Coll, C. H. Ainsworth, J. Neves de Araújo, C. Bulman, A. Bundy, V. Christensen, J. Field, N Gribble, M. Hasan, S. Mackinson, H. Townsend), In Fish and Fisheries, volume 18, 2016. [bibtex] [doi]
[31]	Exploring effects of hypoxia on fish and fisheries in the northern Gulf of Mexico using a dynamic spatially explicit ecosystem model (Kim de Mutsert, Jeroen Steenbeek, Kristy Lewis, Joe Buszowski, James H. Cowan Jr., Villy Christensen), In Ecological Modelling, volume 331, 2016. [bibtex] [pdf] [doi]
[30]	Modelling the cumulative spatial-temporal effects of environmental factors and fishing in a NW Mediterranean marine ecosystem (M. Coll, J. Steenbeek, J. Sole, I. Palomera, V. Christensen), In Ecological Modelling, volume 331, 2016. [bibtex]
[29]	Ecological indicators and food-web models as tools to study historical changes in marine ecosystems (M. Coll, H. K. Lotze), Chapter in Perspectives on Oceans Past: A Handbook of Marine Environmental History (Bo Poulsen Kathleen Schwerdtner Máñez, ed.), Springer, 2016. [bibtex]
[28]	Chapter 4. Modelling impacts of drivers on biodiversity and ecosystems (L. Brotons, V. Christensen, N.H. Ravindranath, M. Cao, J.H. Chun, O. Maury, P.L. Peri, V. Proença, B. Salihoglu, R. K. Chaturvedi, M. Coll, S. P. Otto, A. S. Rao, N. Titeux), Chapter in Methodological assessment of scenarios and models of biodiversity and ecosystem services. IPBES deliverable 3(c). (K. N. Ninan P. Leadley R. Alkemade L. A. Acosta H.R. Akçakaya L. Brotons W.W.L. Cheung V. Christensen K. A. Harhash J. Kabubo-Mariara C. Lundquist M. Obersteiner H. Pereira G. Peterson R. Pichs-Madruga N. Ravindranath C. Rondinini S. Ferrier, B. A. Wintle, eds.), Secretariat of the Intergovernmental Platform for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, 2016. [bibtex]
2015
[27]	Keystone species: towards an operational concept for marine biodiversity conservation (A. Valls, M. Coll, V. Christensen), In Ecological Monographs, volume 85, 2015. [bibtex] [pdf]
[26]	Structure, functioning, and cumulative stressors of Mediterranean deep-sea ecosystems (S. Tecchio, M. Coll, F. Sarda), In Progress in Oceanography, volume 135, 2015. [bibtex]
[25]	Modelling the Mediterranean marine ecosystem as a whole: addressing the challenge of complexity (Chiara Piroddi, Marta Coll, Jeroen Steenbeek, Diego Macias Moy, Villy Christensen), In , 2015. [bibtex] [pdf]
[24]	Emergent properties delineate marine ecosystem perturbation and recovery (J.S. Link, F. Pranovi, S. Libralato, M. Coll, V. Christensen, C. Solidoro, E. Fulton), In Trends in Ecology & Evolution, volume In press, 2015. [bibtex]
[23]	Fishing impact in Mediterranean ecosystems: an EcoTroph modelling approach (G. Halouani, D. Gascuel, T. Hattab, F. Ben Rais Lasram, M. Coll, K. Tsagarakis, C. Piroddi, M Salah Romdhane, F. Le Loc’h), In Journal of Marine Systems, volume 150, 2015. [bibtex]
[22]	Trade-Offs between Invertebrate Fisheries Catches and Ecosystem Impacts in Coastal New Zealand (T. D. Eddy, M. Coll, F.A. Fulton, H. K. Lotze), In ICES Journal of Marine Science, volume 72, 2015. [bibtex]
[21]	Ecosystem structure and fishing impacts in the North-western Mediterranean Sea using a food-web model within a comparative approach (X. Corrales, M. Coll, S. Tecchio, J. M. Bellido, A. M Fernández, I Palomera), In Journal of Marine Systems, volume 148, 2015. [bibtex]
[20]	Modelling dynamic ecosystems: venturing beyond boundaries with the Ecopath approach (M. Coll, E. Akoglu, F. Arreguín-Sánchez, E. A. Fulton, D. Gascuel, J. J. Heymans, S. Libralato, S. Mackinson, I. Palomera, C. Piroddi, others), In Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, volume 25, 2015. [bibtex] [pdf]
[19]	“Low hanging fruits” for conservation of marine vertebrate species at risk in the Mediterranean Sea (M. Coll, J. Steenbeek, F. Ben Rais Lasram, D. Mouillot, P. Cury), In Global Ecology and Biogeography, volume 24, 2015. [bibtex]
[18]	The global ocean is an ecosystem: Simulating marine life and fisheries (V. Christensen, M. Coll, J. Buszowski, W. W. L. Cheung, T. Frölicher, J. Steenbeek, C.A. Stock, R. Watson, C.J. Walters), In Global Ecology and Biogeography, volume 24, 2015. [bibtex] [pdf] [doi]
2014
[17]	Representing Variable Habitat Quality in a Spatial Food Web Model (Villy Christensen, Marta Coll, Jeroen Steenbeek, Joe Buszowski, Dave Chagaris, Carl J. Walters), In Ecosystems, 2014. (00000) [bibtex] [pdf] [doi]
[16]	Comparative ecological analysis of Mediterranean deep-sea ecosystems and simulations of global change (S. Tecchio, M Coll, F. Sarda), Chapter in Ecopath 30 Years Conference Proceedings: Extended Abstracts. Fisheries Centre Research Reports 22(3) [ISSN 1198-6727]. 237 p. (J. Piroddi C. Coll M. Heymans J. J. Villasante S. Christensen V. Steenbeek, ed.), 2014. [bibtex]
[15]	Invading the Mediterranean Sea: biodiversity patterns shaped by human activities (Marta Coll Stelios Katsanevakis), In , 2014. (00000) [bibtex] [pdf] [doi]
[14]	Ecopath 30 Years Conference Proceedings: Extended Abstracts, Chapter in Ecopath 30 Years Conference Proceedings: Extended Abstracts (Jeroen Steenbeek, Chiara Piroddi, Marta Coll, Johanna J. Heymans, Sebastian Villasante, Villy Christensen, eds.), volume 22, 2014. [bibtex]
[13]	Advances of modelling spatial-temporal ecosystem dynamics in the Mediterranean Sea (C Piroddi, J Steenbeek, C Liquete, M Coll, D Macias Moy, M Giannoulaki), Chapter in Ecopath 30 Years Conference Proceedings: Extended Abstracts. Fisheries Centre Research Reports 22(3) [ISSN 1198-6727]. 237 p. (J. Piroddi C. Coll M. Heymans J. J. Villasante S. Christensen V. Steenbeek, ed.), 2014. [bibtex]
[12]	Invading the Mediterranean Sea: biodiversity patterns shaped by human activities (S. Katsanevakis, M. Coll, C. Piroddi, J. Steenbeek, F. Ben Rais Lasram, A. Zenetos, A. C. Cardoso), In Frontiers in Marine Science - Marine Ecosystem Ecology, volume doi: 10.3389/fmars.2014.00032, 2014. [bibtex]
[11]	Global Patterns in Ecological Indicators of Marine Food Webs: A Modelling Approach (J. J. Heymans, M. Coll, S. Libralato, L. Morissette, V. Christensen), In PLoS ONE, volume 9, 2014. [bibtex]
[10]	Predicting species distribution: complementarity of food webs and hierarchical Bayesian spatial modelling (M. Grazia-Pennino, M. Coll, D. Kaplan, I. Palomera, J. Steenbeek, J.M. Bellido, A. Esteban), In 4th International Statistical Ecology Conference. Montpellier, France, 2014. [bibtex]
[9]	New software plug-in to calculate biodiversity and conservation-based indicators from EwE food web models (M. Coll, J Steenbeek), Technical report, , 2014. [bibtex]
[8]	Cumulative effects of environmental and human activities in the Southern Catalan Sea ecosystem (NW Mediterranean) associated with the Ebro Delta River (M Coll, J Steenbeek, I Palomera, J. Sole, V. Christensen), Chapter in Ecopath 30 Years Conference Proceedings: Extended Abstracts. Fisheries Centre Research Reports 22(3) [ISSN 1198-6727]. 237 p. (J. Piroddi C. Coll M. Heymans J. J. Villasante S. Christensen V. Steenbeek, ed.), 2014. [bibtex]
[7]	Fish biomass in the world ocean: a century of decline (V. Christensen, M. Coll, C. Piroddi, J. Steenbeek, J. Buszowski, P. Daniel), In Marine Ecology Progress Series, volume 512, 2014. [bibtex] [pdf]
2013
[6]	Food-web structure of and fishing impacts on the Gulf of Cadiz ecosystem (South-western Spain) (M.A. Torres, M. Coll, J. J. Heymans, V. Christensen, I. Sobrino), In Ecological Modelling, volume 265, 2013. [bibtex]
[5]	Food web structure and vulnerability of a deep ecosystem in the NW Mediterranean Sea (S. Tecchio, M. Coll, V. Christensen, J. B. Company, E. Ramirez-Llodra, F. Sarda), In Deep Sea Research II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, volume 75, 2013. [bibtex]
[4]	Ecological role of the endemic Starry ray Raja asterias in the NW Mediterranean Sea and management options for its conservation (M. Coll, J Navarro, I Palomera), In Biological Conservation, volume 157, 2013. [bibtex]
[3]	Assessing the trophic position and ecological role of squids in marine ecosystems by means of food-web models (M. Coll, J. Navarro, R. Olson, V. Christensen), In Deep Sea Research II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, volume 95, 2013. [bibtex]
2012
[2]	Fishing management scenarios to rebuild exploited resources and ecosystems of the Northern-Central Adriatic (Mediterranean Sea) (N. Fouzai, M. Coll, I. Palomera, A. Santojanni, E. Arneri, V. Christensen), In Journal of Marine Systems, volume 102-104, 2012. [bibtex] [pdf] [doi]
[1]	Ecosystem effects of Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus thynnus thynnus) aquaculture in the North-Western Mediterranean Sea (F. Forestal, M. Coll, V. Christensen, D. Die), In Marine Ecology Progress Series, volume 456, 2012. [bibtex]

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