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Evidence for a trophic cascade on rocky reefs following sea star mass mortality in British Columbia

Echinoderm population collapses, driven by disease outbreaks and climatic events, may be important drivers of population dynamics, ecological shifts and biodiversity. The northeast Pacific recently experienced a mass mortality of sea stars. In Howe Sound, British Columbia, the sunflower star Pycnopo...

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Autores principales: Schultz, Jessica A., Cloutier, Ryan N., Côté, Isabelle M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PeerJ Inc. 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4860306/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27168988
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1980