Cascading effects of the loss of apex predatory sharks from a coastal ocean

Science

Volumn 315, Issue 5820, 2007, Pages 1846-1850

  Myers, Ransom A ^a   Baum, Julia K ^a   Shepherd, Travis D ^a   Powers, Sean P ^b   Peterson, Charles H ^c  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COASTAL ZONE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; OVERFISHING; POPULATION DECLINE; PREDATION; PREDATOR; PREY AVAILABILITY; SHARK; TOP-DOWN CONTROL; TROPHIC CASCADE;

ARTICLE; COASTAL WATERS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOSYSTEM; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION SIZE; PREDATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; SHARK; SPECIES EXTINCTION; ANIMAL; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BIVALVE; ELASMOBRANCHII; ELECTRIC FISH; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD INDUSTRY; OYSTER; POPULATION GROWTH; PREDATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST);

ARGOPECTEN IRRADIANS; CHONDRICHTHYES; ELASMOBRANCHII; RHINOPTERINAE;

ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BIVALVIA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ELASMOBRANCHII; FISHERIES; FOOD CHAIN; OSTREIDAE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SHARKS; SKATES (FISH);

EID: 34147110810     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1138657     Document Type: Article

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