TITLE:
Structural Analysis and Static Simulation of Coastal Planktonic Networks
AUTHORS:
Gilberto C. Pereira, Lúcio P. Andrade, Rogério P. Espíndola, Nelson F. F. Ebecken
KEYWORDS:
Environmental Monitoring, Fuzzy Graph, Networks Analysis, Food Web Structure, Impact Assessment
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Intelligent Learning Systems and Applications,
Vol.6 No.2,
May
2,
2014
ABSTRACT:
The coastal marine habitats
are often characterized by high biological activity. Therefore, monitoring
programs and conservation plans of coastal environments are needed. So, in
order to contribute to decision making process of the Brazilian Information
System of Coastal Management, this paper presents a preliminary analysis of the
effects of simulated deletions of individual organisms within a planktonic
network as knowledge acquisition platform. An in situ scanning flow cytometer was used to data acquisition. A
static and undirected food web is generated and represented by a fuzzy graph
structure. Our results show through a series of indices the main changes of
these networks. It was also verified similar traits and properties with other
food webs found in the literature.