Cascading Trophic Impacts of Reduced Biomass in the Ross Sea, Antarctica: Just the Tip of the Iceberg?

Biological Bulletin

Volumn 205, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 93-97

  Seibel, Brad A ^a,b   Dierssen, Heidi M ^a,c  

^a MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; FOOD WEB; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; TROPHIC CASCADE; ZOOBENTHOS;

ANTARCTICA; MCMURDO SOUND; ROSS SEA;

ANIMALIA; CETACEA; CLIONE; CLIONE ANTARCTICA; CLIONIDAE; GASTROPODA; HELICINA; LIMACINA; LIMACINA HELICINA; LIMACINIDAE; MOLLUSCA; PISCES; PTEROPODA;

EID: 0242350201     PISSN: 00063185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1543229     Document Type: Article

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