A simple trophic transfer index predicts spiny lobster fishery dynamics

This repository contains data and codes to reproduce the analyses of the paper A simple trophic transfer index predicts spiny lobster fishery dynamics doi:10.1038/s43247-026-03823-2.

The study proposed a new trophodynamic index combining production and trophic transfer efficiency that successfully anticipates fluctuations in the Caribbean spiny lobster population at Bermuda.

Authors and acknowledgment

Leocadio Blanco-Bercial¹, Fernando González Taboada², Joanna M. Pitt³, Jirani L Welch³, Tammy M. Warren³

1. Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences – Arizona State University. 17 Biological Station St. George’s, GE 01, Bermuda
2. Centro Oceanográfico de Gijón, Instituto Español de Oceanografía-CSIC, 33212 Asturias, Spain
3. Marine Resources Section, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, St. George’s, Bermuda

We would like to acknowledge the Bermuda lobster fishermen for providing the data reported in this manuscript, and the NSF Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Study program and personnel (NSF 2241455) for the zooplankton biomass data. LBB acknowledges the support of Simons Foundation International’s BIOS-SCOPE program.

License

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International [CC BY4.0].

CC BY 4.0

Project status

The manuscript is currently under review.

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