Decapod

General Information

North Sea

Baltic Sea

Clyde Marine Region

Adriatic Sea

Eastern Mediterranean Sea

Decapod

Layer Info
Category	Ecology
Sub-category	Other
Editable	No

Description

Decapods are crustacean with 10 feet of legs such as prawns and lobsters. Other organisms (e.g. squid) can also be clasified as mollusk decapods if they have 10 feet or legs (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 Clyde Marine Region Edition.

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

In the Eastern Mediterranean Sea there are three groups of decapods:

• Invasive decapod (decapod species that did not exist natively in the region)
• Shrimp
• Decapod

Types

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

Metadata

Data Source

Decapod, invasive decapod and shrimp are month-by-month, computer generated data layers 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.