Human influences on coastal ecosystems: Does overfishing create trophic cascades?

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 429-430

  Steneck, R S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; ECOSYSTEM; FISH; FISHING; FOOD CHAIN; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH RATE; NOTE; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATION; SEA URCHIN; TIME; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ECHINOIDEA;

EID: 0031766899     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5347(98)01494-3     Document Type: Article

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