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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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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |