Table 3 Fishes biomass Ecotroph estimates.

From: Large mesopelagic fishes biomass and trophic efficiency in the open ocean

Trophic efficiency between TL

% PP to food chain

 

70%

80%

90%

5%

2,322

2,655

2,985

10%

10,691

12,224

13,744

20%

57,054

64,148

71,299

  1. Ecotroph fishes biomass estimates (millions of tons) between 40° N and 40° S as a function of the efficiency between trophic levels and the flux from PP to the first trophic level (TL).
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