Benthopelagic fish

General Information

North Sea

Baltic Sea

Adriatic Sea

Eastern Mediterranean Sea

Benthopelagic fish

Layer Info
Category	Ecology
Sub-category	Fish
Editable	No

Description

Benthopelagic fish live and feed near the bottom as well as in midwaters or near de surface. Feeding on benthic as well as free swimming organisms. Many freshwater fish are opportunistic feeders that forage on the bottom as well as in midwater and near the surface, also pertaining to forms which hover or swim just over the floor of the sea,the depth zone about 100 metres off the bottom at all depths below the edge of the continental shelf (fishbase n.d.)

Source: https://fishbase.mnhn.fr/. n.d.

Not applicable. This layer is not present in the North Sea Edition.

Not applicable. This layer is not present in the Baltic Sea Edition.

Not applicable. This layer is not present in the Adriatic Sea Edition.

In the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, there are some species of benthopelagic fish already listed, for example, horse mackerel and european hake. This layer represent other benthopelagic fish not previously specified.

Types

• Very Low Density
• Low Density
• Medium Density
• High Density
• Very High Density

Metadata

Data Source

Benthopelagic Fish is month-by-month, computer generated data layer following calculations made by the ecosystem simulation (EwE). The simplified EwE Eastern Mediterranean model was adjusted for use in the MSP Challenge by Eyal Ofir.

For more information on how Ecopath-with-Ecosim (EwE) works, please visit our Wiki page or visit the official EwE website at https://ecopath.org.