Role of marine mammals in aquatic ecosystems
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Role of marine mammals in aquatic ecosystems
Marine mammals are consumers of production at most trophic levels Because of their large body size and abundance, they are thought to have a major influence on the structure and function of some aquatic communities. However, there is relatively little empirical evidence of these roles. There are several reasons for this: research in marine ecosystems is expensive, man~pulatlve experiments are r...
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عنوان ژورنال: Marine Ecology Progress Series
سال: 1997
ISSN: 0171-8630,1616-1599
DOI: 10.3354/meps158267