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Competition-induced starvation drives large-scale population cycles in Antarctic krill

Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) – one of the most abundant animal species on Earth – exhibits a 5-6 year population cycle, with oscillations in biomass exceeding one order of magnitude. Previous studies have postulated that the krill cycle is induced by periodic climatological factors, but these...

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Autores principales: Ryabov, Alexey B., de Roos, André M., Meyer, Bettina, Kawaguchi, So, Blasius, Bernd
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5495168/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28685164
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41559-017-0177