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The rise of ocean giants: maximum body size in Cenozoic marine mammals as an indicator for productivity in the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans

Large consumers have ecological influence disproportionate to their abundance, although this influence in food webs depends directly on productivity. Evolutionary patterns at geologic timescales inform expectations about the relationship between consumers and productivity, but it is very difficult t...

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Autores principales: Pyenson, Nicholas D., Vermeij, Geerat J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4971165/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27381883
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2016.0186