Fig. 5: Conceptual illustration of larval food chain length and anchovy boom and bust.
From: Anchovy boom and bust linked to trophic shifts in larval diet
Arrow dimensions illustrate energy amount and distance traveled within the larval anchovy food chain, and the resulting recruitment. During population boom (blue), energy transfer is high due to a short and efficient food chain, with low transfer through heterotrophic protists supporting higher zooplankton biomass, and greater survival of young (small) larval anchovies leading to greater SSB. During the population bust (yellow) the situation is reversed. Organismal drawings provided by Dr. Claudia Traboni.
