Predicting Consumer Biomass, Size-Structure, Production, Catch Potential, Responses to Fishing and Associated Uncertainties in the World’s Marine Ecosystems
Fig 8
Predicted effects of selectivity on maximum multispecies sustainable yield.
Estimated MMSY per unit area (left panel), absolute yield (middle panel) and the associated ratio of MMSY to PP (right panel) by LME and FAO area for selectivity scenarios A and D. For selectivity scenario D, black points represent median estimates and coloured bars (mapped to sea surface temperature) the 25th to 75th percentiles. For selectivity scenario A, grey points represent median estimates and fine black bars the 25th to 75th percentiles. For corresponding figures for each individual selection scenario see S6–S9 Figs. Uncertainty intervals indicate the effects of parameter uncertainty in the macroecological model that was used to generate unexploited biomass estimates. They do not indicate uncertainty in underlying primary production estimates or uncertainty resulting from the structure and parameterisation of the size- and trait-based model.