Sargassum blooms in the Caribbean alter the trophic structure of the sea urchin Diadema antillarum
The arrival of large masses of drifting Sargassum since 2011 has caused changes in the natural dynamics of Caribbean coastal ecosystems. In the summer of 2015, unprecedented and massive mats of S. fluitans and S. natans have been observed throughout the Mexican Caribbean including exceptional accumu...
Main Authors: | Nancy Cabanillas-Terán, Héctor A. Hernández-Arana, Miguel-Ángel Ruiz-Zárate, Alejandro Vega-Zepeda, Alberto Sanchez-Gonzalez |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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PeerJ Inc.
2019-08-01
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Series: | PeerJ |
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Online Access: | https://peerj.com/articles/7589.pdf |
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