Meta-analysis of cod-shrimp interactions reveals top-down control in oceanic food webs

Ecology

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 162-173

  Worm, Boris ^a   Myers, Ranson A ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atlantic cod; Bottom up vs. top down; Climate; Gadus morhua; Marine food webs; Meta analysis; North Atlantic; Northern shrimp; Overfishing; Pandalus borealis; Predator prey interaction; Temperature

Indexed keywords

FOOD WEB; META-ANALYSIS; OVERFISHING; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; TOP-DOWN CONTROL; TROPHIC INTERACTION; WATER TEMPERATURE;

(NORTH); ATLANTIC OCEAN;

CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA TAXON); DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GADUS; GADUS MORHUA; PANDALIDAE; PANDALUS BOREALIS;

EID: 0037916533     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2003)084[0162:MAOCSI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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