Functional loss in herbivores drives runaway expansion of weedy algae in a near-future ocean

• Published in: Science of The Total Environment
• Main Authors: Ferreira, C.M., Nagelkerken, I., Goldenberg, U., Walden, G., Leung, J.Y.S., Connell, S.D.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2019
• Subjects: Climate change; ocean acidification; warming; mesocosm; herbivory; compensation; turf algae; Ferreira; Walden; Ocean acidification
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2440/122792; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.133829

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