Apex predators and trophic cascades in large marine ecosystems: Learning from serendipity

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

Volumn 109, Issue 21, 2012, Pages 7953-7954

  Steneck, Robert S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC COD; BENTHOS; BOTTLENECK POPULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; FISHING; FOOD WEB; FORAGING; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PELAGIC SPECIES; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PREDATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAWNING; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANIMALS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGY; FOOD CHAIN; GADUS MORHUA; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84861452250     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1205591109     Document Type: Note

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