Cascading effects of fishing on Galapagos rocky reef communities
ABSTRACT: A replicated comparison of heavily and lightly fished areas in the Galapagos suggested that fishing predators led to an increase in herbivores and a dramatic shift in the algal community toward crustose barrens. We sampled 10 highly fished and 10 lightly fished shallow rocky reefs in the s...
Veröffentlicht in: | Marine Ecology Progress Series. - Inter-Research, 1979. - 343(2007) vom: Aug., Seite 77-85 |
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2007
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Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | Marine Ecology Progress Series |
Schlagworte: | Trophic cascade Fishing Predation Population structure Eucidaris galapagensis Galapagos Marine Reserve Ecuador Biological sciences Business Physical sciences |
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