The Importance of the mid-trophic layers in ecosystem structure, process and function: the relationship between the Eastern Pacific Gray Whale (Eschrichtius robustus) and mysids (order Mysidacea) in Clayoquot Sound.

While the impact of top-down and bottom-up drivers of ecosystem functions has been given considerable argument, here the mid-trophic level is given focus. In marine systems the influence of mid-trophic level species operates in a ‘wasp-waisted’ structure, where they exert regulatory control by actin...

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Main Author: Burnham, Rianna Elizabeth
Other Authors: Duffus, David Allan
Language:English
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Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1828/4102