Yan et al. (2025): Marine ranching enhances ecosystem stability and biological carbon sequestration potential: Insights from Ecopath with Ecosim (EwE) model simulation of 30-year ecological path of a national marine ranching in China
Jiale Yan, Yan Chen, Yingkun Cao, Jiamin Sun, Bin Wen, Xiaowei Gao,Gang Wang, Lixin Gong, Huixin Liu, Qian Li, Xiujin Liu, Jiabo Zhang, Zepeng Li, Futang Ma, Haien Zhang, Weidong Li, Zhe Pan IN: Aquaculture and Living Resources , DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2025.1583896
This study took the Haizhidu marine ranching in the Bohai sea of China as the research object, constructed 20 functional groups in the area, and used the ecosystem model Ecopath with Ecosim (EwE) and stable isotopes (δ 13 C and δ 15 N) to model the system, evaluate the biological structure, energy transfer efficiency, and ecological carrying capacity (ECC) of different functional groups in the system, and calculate the carbon sequestration potential when shellfish reach ECC and the impact of marine ranching construction on system stability and maturity.