Table 4. Percentages of change in biomass for commercially important trophic groups of prey, by different marine mammals groups, in the seven study ecosystems.
Ecosystem model | Trophic groups | No MM | No pinnipeds | No dolphins | No whales | No toothed whales | No baleen whales |
Bering Sea | Predator fish | 160.2 | 39.0 | - | 18.5 | 13.3 | 4.1 |
Forage fish | −21.0 | −33.6 | - | −48.4 | −45.6 | 0.5 | |
Cephalopods | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Benthos | 53.1 | 15.4 | - | 38.0 | 35.4 | −3.9 | |
Plankton | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Gulf of St. | Predator fish | 19.7 | 8.3 | - | 6.7 | - | - |
Lawrence | Forage fish | 4.2 | 0.7 | - | −23.67 | - | - |
Cephalopods | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Benthos | 0.01 | −0.1 | - | 0.1 | - | - | |
Plankton | −9.0 | −6.5 | - | −3.9 | - | - | |
Benguela | Predator fish | −8.9 | −7.1 | - | −5.1 | - | - |
Forage fish | −4.5 | −1.5 | - | 11.4 | - | - | |
Cephalopods | −8.7 | −11.1 | - | −15.4 | - | - | |
Benthos | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Plankton | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Eastern tropical | Predator fish | 8.9 | - | 1.5 | - | 7.1 | 0.2 |
Pacific | Forage fish | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Cephalopods | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Benthos | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Plankton | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
North Sea | Predator fish | 2.0 | 2.0 | - | - | - | - |
Forage fish | 1.5 | 1.5 | - | - | - | - | |
Cephalopods | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Benthos | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Plankton | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Gulf of | Predator fish | 90.1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Thailand | Forage fish | 181.2 | - | - | - | - | - |
Cephalopods | 74.1 | - | - | - | - | - | |
Benthos | 3.1 | - | - | - | - | - | |
Plankton | −18.6 | - | - | - | - | - | |
Strait of Georgia | Predator fish | −7.5 | −6.0 | - | - | −2.2 | - |
Forage fish | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Cephalopods | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Benthos | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Plankton | - | - | - | - | - | - |