Marine Trophic Index in LME: North Brazil Shelf

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Year	Mean trophic level	Mean max. length (cm)	FiB Index	Expansion factor
1950	3.17	68.4	0	1
1951	3.18	68.4	0.06	1.06
1952	3.20	68.2	0.15	1.16
1953	3.15	65.7	-0.03	0.97
1954	3.24	66.9	0.25	1.28
1955	3.27	67.2	0.53	1.7
1956	3.22	67.5	0.5	1.65
1957	3.23	68.4	0.59	1.8
1958	3.20	67.2	0.49	1.63
1959	3.28	68.4	0.8	2.23
1960	3.26	68.1	0.78	2.18
1961	3.31	69.9	0.98	2.66
1962	3.25	67.4	1.13	3.1
1963	3.27	70.5	1.06	2.89
1964	3.28	72.6	1.13	3.1
1965	3.25	67.9	1.1	3
1966	3.25	66.5	1.15	3.16
1967	3.31	64.5	1.46	4.31
1968	3.27	64.5	1.47	4.35
1969	3.26	63.7	1.35	3.86
1970	3.20	61.0	1.39	4.01
1971	3.24	60.8	1.58	4.85
1972	3.24	61.5	1.72	5.58
1973	3.22	62.3	1.77	5.87
1974	3.26	63.5	1.79	5.99
1975	3.30	65.6	1.99	7.32
1976	3.25	64.0	1.8	6.05
1977	3.25	62.8	1.81	6.11
1978	3.21	60.7	1.69	5.42
1979	3.23	61.3	1.73	5.64
1980	3.32	63.3	1.88	6.55
1981	3.36	65.1	2.04	7.69
1982	3.35	66.7	2.01	7.46
1983	3.38	67.0	2.14	8.5
1984	3.37	64.9	2.14	8.5
1985	3.37	63.8	2.18	8.85
1986	3.34	61.6	2.05	7.77
1987	3.31	60.5	2.01	7.46
1988	3.32	63.3	1.85	6.36
1989	3.29	63.1	1.8	6.05
1990	3.30	65.8	1.79	5.99
1991	3.32	65.1	1.9	6.69
1992	3.31	64.1	1.9	6.69
1993	3.28	62.3	1.9	6.69
1994	3.27	60.7	1.91	6.75
1995	3.27	58.4	1.95	7.03
1996	3.24	57.2	1.86	6.42
1997	3.24	57.0	1.9	6.69
1998	3.25	56.8	1.97	7.17
1999	3.29	60.6	2.04	7.69
2000	3.26	58.4	2.02	7.54
2001	3.23	57.6	2.01	7.46
2002	3.24	57.1	2.06	7.85
2003	3.24	58.0	2.1	8.17
2004	3.24	58.0	2.1	8.17
2005	3.26	59.0	2.14	8.5
2006	3.23	56.6	2.11	8.25

TL	SLMax(cm)	Common Name	Scientific Name
4.5	151	King mackerel	Scomberomorus cavalla
4.5	219	Bigeye tuna	Thunnus obesus
4.5	98	Bluefish	Pomatomus saltatrix
4.5	49	Blackfin goosefish	Lophius gastrophysus
4.5	205	Tarpon	Megalops atlanticus
4.49	449	Swordfish	Xiphias gladius
4.48	367	Billfishes	Istiophoridae
4.48	150	Cero	Scomberomorus regalis
4.48	246	Atlantic white marlin	Tetrapturus albidus
4.46	112	Monkfishes	Lophius
4.45	192	Largehead hairtail	Trichiurus lepturus
4.43	376	Northern bluefin tuna	Thunnus thynnus
4.41	115	Common snook	Centropomus undecimalis
4.4	179	Barracudas	Sphyraena
4.4	258	Atlantic sailfish	Istiophorus albicans
4.4	227	Wahoo	Acanthocybium solandri
4.4	100	Little tunny	Euthynnus alletteratus
4.4	57	Blue runner	Caranx crysos
4.39	164	Amberjacks	Seriola
4.38	346	Atlantic blue marlin	Makaira nigricans
4.37	172	Common dolphinfish	Coryphaena hippurus
4.35	205	Seerfishes	Scomberomorus
4.35	123	Cat groupers	Mycteroperca
4.35	108	Skipjack tuna	Katsuwonus pelamis
4.34	231	Yellowfin tuna	Thunnus albacares
4.31	136	Albacore	Thunnus alalunga
4.31	164	Cobia	Rachycentron canadum
4.28	248	Longbill spearfish	Tetrapturus pfluegeri
4.28	392	Shortfin mako	Isurus oxyrinchus
4.27	125	Hakes	Merluccius
4.26	150	Mackerels, tunas, bonitos	Scombridae
4.24	207	Requiem sharks	Carcharhinidae
4.24	519	Sawfishes	Pristidae
4.24	60	Frigate tuna	Auxis
4.24	226	Blacktip shark	Carcharhinus limbatus
4.24	289	Blue shark	Prionace glauca
4.23	90	Dogfish sharks	Squalidae
4.21	90	Weakfishes	Cynoscion
4.21	400	Bigeye thresher	Alopias superciliosus
4.2	90	Atlantic bonito	Sarda sarda
4.2	238	Silky shark	Carcharhinus falciformis
4.19	421	Hammerhead, bonnethead, scoophead shark	Sphyrnidae
4.16	325	Oceanic whitetip shark	Carcharhinus longimanus
4.15	150	Cutlassfishes	Trichiuridae
4.14	80	American flounders	Paralichthys
4.14	100	Nassau grouper	Epinephelus striatus
4.13	32	Squids	Teuthida
4.13	93	Blackfin tuna	Thunnus atlanticus
4.12	102	Jacks	Caranx
4.12	29	Puffers	Sphoeroides
4.1	130	Common octopus	Octopus vulgaris
4.08	525	Ground sharks	Carcharhiniformes
4.08	740	Tiger shark	Galeocerdo cuvier
4.08	294	Scalloped hammerhead	Sphyrna lewini
4.07	164	Yellowtail amberjack	Seriola lalandi
4.07	127	Red drum	Sciaenops ocellatus
4.05	729	Sharks and rays	Elasmobranchii
4.05	164	Jacks and pompanos	Carangidae
4.02	98	Snappers	Lutjanidae
4.02	98	Snappers	Lutjanus
4.01	37	King weakfish	Macrodon ancylodon
4.01	82	Northern red snapper	Lutjanus campechanus
4	300	Sharks, rays, skates, etc	Sharks, rays, chimaeras
4	110	Atlantic tripletail	Lobotes surinamensis
3.99	25	Common squids	Loligo
3.99	85	Yellowtail snapper	Ocyurus chrysurus
3.99	33	Rough scad	Trachurus lathami
3.98	190	Sea basses, groupers, fairy basslets	Serranidae
3.98	82	Argentine conger	Conger orbignianus
3.97	25	Sea robins	Prionotus
3.97	60	Alfonsinos	Beryx
3.95	82	Ladyfish	Elops saurus
3.95	75	Common seabream	Pagrus pagrus
3.92	43	Scorpionfishes or rockfishes	Scorpaenidae
3.92	115	Snooks	Centropomus
3.91	80	Cods	Gadiformes
3.89	143	Eels and morays	Anguilliformes
3.89	68	Shads	Alosa
3.89	60	Bigeye scad	Selar crumenophthalmus
3.89	139	Black drum	Pogonias cromis
3.87	72	Codlings	Moridae
3.84	190	Groupers	Epinephelus
3.82	205	Skates	Rajidae
3.82	49	Lane snapper	Lutjanus synagris
3.81	27	Cephalopods	Cephalopoda
3.81	33	Bigeyes	Priacanthus
3.81	39	Blackbelly rosefish	Helicolenus dactylopterus dactylopterus
3.8	83	Skates	Raja
3.8	23	Harvestfish	Peprilus alepidotus
3.78	28	Harvestfishes	Peprilus
3.77	20	Lefteye flounders	Bothidae
3.76	200	Drums or croakers	Sciaenidae
3.73	111	Smooth-hounds	Mustelus
3.72	150	Cartilaginous fishes	Sharks, rays, chimaeras
3.72	49	Atlantic moonfish	Selene setapinnis
3.72	41	Atlantic croaker	Micropogonias undulatus
3.7	28	Cuttlefishes	Sepiida
3.7	163	Guitarfishes	Rhinobatidae
3.69	102	Pompanos	Trachinotus
3.69	75	Blue antimora	Antimora rostrata
3.67	99	Cusk-eels	Ophidiidae
3.67	41	Kingcroakers	Menticirrhus
3.67	102	Red grouper	Epinephelus morio
3.64	87	Snake eels	Ophichthidae
3.63	37	Scads	Decapterus
3.62	102	Tilefishes	Malacanthidae
3.62	50	Butterfishes	Stromateidae
3.61	205	Skates and rays	Rajiformes
3.61	82	Chola guitarfish	Rhinobatos percellens
3.59	19	Octopuses	Octopodidae
3.59	148	Rainbow runner	Elagatis bipinnulata
3.58	68	Octopuses	Octopoda
3.58	86	Southern red snapper	Lutjanus purpureus
3.57	50	Flatfishes	Pleuronectiformes
3.57	25	Flyingfishes	Exocoetidae
3.57	30	Spadefishes, batfishes and scats	Ephippidae
3.53	56	Perch-likes	Perciformes
3.53	75	Sheepshead seabream	Archosargus probatocephalus
3.51	40	Porgies	Calamus
3.5	34	Marine animals	Marine animals
3.5	43	Puffers	Tetraodontidae
3.5	20	Cardinalfishes	Epigonus
3.5	102	Crevalle jack	Caranx hippos
3.5	52	Florida pompano	Trachinotus carolinus
3.49	25	Round herring	Etrumeus teres
3.48	62	Sea catfishes	Ariidae
3.47	17	Aristeid shrimps	Aristeidae
3.46	55	Goatfishes	Mullidae
3.45	102	Great northern tilefish	Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps
3.4	20	Swims crabs	Portunus
3.37	80	Chimaeras	Chimaeriformes
3.37	15	Herring	Harengula
3.37	120	Serra Spanish mackerel	Scomberomorus brasiliensis
3.36	200	Eagle and manta rays	Myliobatidae
3.36	80	Grunts	Haemulidae
3.35	50	Pelagic fishes	Marine fishes not identified
3.31	164	Porgies	Sparidae
3.3	50	Longfin squid	Loligo pealeii
3.29	30	Tonguefishes	Cynoglossidae
3.29	49	Western croakers	Micropogonias
3.29	38	Gulf kingcroaker	Menticirrhus littoralis
3.27	25	Silver biddies	Gerres
3.26	60	Black driftfish	Hyperoglyphe bythites
3.25	53	Triggerfishes	Balistidae
3.25	21	Anchovies	Engraulidae
3.24	25	Herrings	Clupeiformes
3.23	31	Atlantic thread herring	Opisthonema oglinum
3.21	53	Atlantic bumper	Chloroscombrus chrysurus
3.21	25	Round sardinella	Sardinella aurita
3.2	12	Silversides	Atherinidae
3.2	45	Caribbean spiny lobster	Panulirus argus
3.2	31	Northern shortfin squid	Illex illecebrosus
3.1	12	Craylets, squat lobsters	King crabs, squat-lobsters
3.1	8	Squat lobsters	Galatheidae
3.09	52	Chub mackerel	Scomber japonicus
3.06	11	Gastropods	Gastropoda
3.05	45	Halfbeaks	Hemiramphus
3.05	28	Barred grunt	Conodon nobilis
3.03	25	Mojarras	Gerreidae
3	25	Crustaceans	Crustacea
3	15	Whelks	Busycon
2.91	25	Brazilian sardinella	Sardinella brasiliensis
2.7	20	Marine crustaceans	Miscellaneous marine crustaceans
2.7	34	Penaeus shrimps	Penaeus
2.7	13	Atlantic seabob	Xiphopenaeus kroyeri
2.7	19	Redspotted shrimp	Farfantepenaeus brasiliensis
2.65	13	Natantian decapods	Shrimps, prawns
2.63	49	Whitemouth croaker	Micropogonias furnieri
2.6	30	Marine crabs	Brachyura
2.6	40	Tropical spiny lobsters	Panulirus
2.6	23	Blue crab	Callinectes sapidus
2.6	17	Red deepsea crab	Geryon quinquedens
2.53	120	Mullets	Mugilidae
2.5	14	Dana's swimming crab	Callinectes danae
2.48	45	Ballyhoo	Hemiramphus brasiliensis
2.38	15	Starfishes	Starfish and other echinoderms
2.37	50	Bobo mullet	Joturus pichardi
2.27	15	Clams, cockles, arkshells	Clams, cockles, arkshells
2.27	13	Marine molluscs	Miscellaneous marine molluscs
2.26	57	Grey mullets	Mugil
2.2	22	Royal red shrimp	Pleoticus robustus
2.2	10	Whitebelly prawn	Nematopalaemon schmitti
2.13	120	Flathead mullet	Mugil cephalus
2.11	13	Atlantic anchoveta	Cetengraulis edentulus
2.03	23	Mussels	Mytilus
2	41	Parrotfishes	Scaridae
2	10	Sea mussels	Mytilidae
2	10	Scallops	Pectinidae
2	8	Venus clams	Veneridae
2	25	Cupped oysters	Crassostrea
2	23	Stromboid conchs	Strombus
2	6	Ark clams	Arca
2	63	Liza	Mugil liza
2	9	American cupped oyster	Crassostrea virginica
2	10	Mangrove cupped oyster	Crassostrea rhizophorae
2	18	South American rock mussel	Perna perna
2	3	Trigonal tivela	Tivela mactroides

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