Effects of Whaling on the Structure of the Southern Ocean Food Web: Insights on the “Krill Surplus” from Ecosystem Modelling
The aim of this study was to examine the ecological plausibility of the “krill surplus” hypothesis and the effects of whaling on the Southern Ocean food web using mass-balance ecosystem modelling. The depletion trajectory and unexploited biomass of each rorqual population in the Antarctic was recons...
Published in: | PLoS ONE |
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Main Authors: | , , |
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Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2014
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Online Access: | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4269391 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25517505 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0114978 |