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Of Mussels and Men

Some species are more equal than others. Robert T. Paine (American ecologist, 1933–2016) discovered that if you remove starfish – what he called a “keystone species” – from a tide pool, the complex ecosystem collapses. Without the predator starfish, mussels choke out other animals and plants. This p...

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Autor principal: Evans, Robert G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Longwoods Publishing 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5008127/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27585022