太平洋磷虾是黄海生态系统中浮游动物的关键种。为准确评估太平洋磷虾的资源密度,基于2010年1月黄海渔业资源调查过程中采集的声学和生物学数据,利用SDWBA目标强度理论模型,研究了太平洋磷虾38和120 k Hz目标的回声散射特性,并根据2个频率平均体积散射强度的差值(简称频差技术),开展了太平洋磷虾回波映像识别及资源密度评估研究。结果显示,太平洋磷虾的目标强度与其倾角和体长密切相关;120k Hz的目标强度明显高于38 k Hz,且两个频率的有效平均目标强度之差随着磷虾体长的增加而减小。数据处理结果显示,两个频率回声数据的平均体积散射强度(MVBS)呈线性关系,120 k Hz的MVBS比38 k Hz高约14.1 d B,与理论仿真结果一致;回声散射层内太平洋磷虾的资源密度为1.8~2531.8尾/m3,均值为255.1尾/m3。本研究对利用渔业声学技术开展浮游动物资源评估具有借鉴意义,未来还需要进一步对太平洋磷虾目标强度模型参数及目标识别方法进行完善,以提高其资源密度声学评估的准确度。
The southern Yellow Sea is an important fishing ground, providing abundant fishery resources. However, overfishing and climate change have caused a decline in the resource and damaged the ecosystem. We developed an ecosystem model to analyze the trophic interactions and ecosystem structure and function to guide sustainable development of the ecosystem. A trophic mass-balance model of the southern Yellow Sea during 2000-2001 was constructed using Ecopath with Ecosim software. We defined 22 important functional groups and studied their diet composition. The trophic levels of fish, shrimp, crabs, and cephalopods were between 2.78 and 4.39, and the mean trophic level of the fisheries was 3.24. The trophic flows within the food web occurred primarily in the lower trophic levels. The mean trophic transfer efficiency was 8.1%, of which 7.1% was from primary producers and 9.3% was from detritus within the ecosystem. The transfer efficiency between trophic levels II to III to IV to V to >V was 5.0%, 5.7%, 18.5%, and 19.7%-20.4%, respectively. Of the total flow, phytoplankton contributed 61% and detritus contributed 39%. Fishing is defined as a top predator within the ecosystem, and has a negative impact on most commercial species. Moreover, the ecosystem had a high gross efficiency of the fishery and a high value of primary production required to sustain the fishery. Together, our data suggest there is high fishing pressure in the southern Yellow Sea. Based on analysis of Odum's ecological parameters, this ecosystem was at an immature stage. Our results provide some insights into the structure and development of this ecosystem.
