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Critical assessment and ramifications of a purported marine trophic cascade

When identifying potential trophic cascades, it is important to clearly establish the trophic linkages between predators and prey with respect to temporal abundance, demographics, distribution, and diet. In the northwest Atlantic Ocean, the depletion of large coastal sharks was thought to trigger a...

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Autores principales: Grubbs, R. Dean, Carlson, John K., Romine, Jason G., Curtis, Tobey H., McElroy, W. David, McCandless, Camilla T., Cotton, Charles F., Musick, John A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4753470/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26876514
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep20970