Sequential megafaunal collapse in the North Pacific Ocean: An ongoing legacy of industrial whaling?

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 100, Issue 21, 2003, Pages 12223-12228

  Springer, A M ^a   Estes, J A ^b   Van Vliet, G B ^c   Williams, T M ^b   Doak, D F ^b   Danner, E M ^b   Forney, K A ^d   Pfister, B ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c University of California ^*  (United States)

^d SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^e ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC FAUNA; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENERGY TRANSFER; FISHING; FOOD CHAIN; FORAGING; HYPOTHESIS; INDUSTRY; NONHUMAN; OCEANOGRAPHY; PACIFIC OCEAN; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; SEAL; WAR; WHALE;

ANIMALS; DOLPHINS; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; MARINE BIOLOGY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OTTERS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SEALS, EARLESS; WHALES;

CETACEA; DELPHINIDAE; ENHYDRA LUTRIS; LUTRINAE; MAMMALIA; OTARIIDAE; PHOCIDAE; PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 0142027779     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1635156100     Document Type: Article

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