Table 2: Ecological attributes of the Alvarado lagoon and adjacent continental shelf model.

Parameter Value Units
Sum of all consumption 3177.75 tkm-²/year-1
Sum of all exports 7.201 tkm-²/year-1
Sum of all respiratory flows 1666.49 tkm-²/year-1
Sum of all flows into detritus 2648.68 tkm-²/year-1
Total system throughput 7664.68 tkm-²/year-1
Sum of all production 3650.13 tkm-²/year-1
Mean trophic level of the catch 2.64 -
Gross efficiency (catch/net p.p.) 0.00261 -
Input total net primary production -
Calculated total net primary production 2758.97 tkm-²/year-1
Total primary production/total respiration 1.65 -
Net system production 1092.46 tkm-²/year-1
Total primary production/total biomass 15.27 -
Total biomass/total throughput 0.023 -
Total biomass (excluding detritus) 180.66 tkm-²
Total catches 7.201 tkm-²/year-1
Connectance Index 0.124 -
System omnivory index 0.232 -
Throughput cycled (excluding detritus) 75.88 tkm-²/year-1
Ecopath pedigree index 0.471 -
Predatory cycling index 2.07 % of throughput w/o detritus
Throughput cycled (including detritus) 725.4 tkm-²/year-1
Finn's cycling index 9.63 % of total throughput
Finn's mean path length 4.502 -
Finn's straight-through path length 2.14 without detritus
Finn's straight-through path length 4.069 with detritus