Longer and less overlapping food webs in anthropogenically disturbed marine ecosystems: confirmations from the past.

The human exploitation of marine resources is characterised by the preferential removal of the largest species. Although this is expected to modify the structure of food webs, we have a relatively poor understanding of the potential consequences of such alteration. Here, we take advantage of a colle...

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Main Authors: Fabiana Saporiti, Stuart Bearhop, Laura Silva, Damián G Vales, Lisette Zenteno, Enrique A Crespo, Alex Aguilar, Luis Cardona
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4116168?pdf=render