Mapping the receptor site for α - scorpion toxins on a Na + channel voltage sensor
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ECOLOGY Correction for “Recovery of a top predator mediates negative eutrophic effects on seagrass,” by Brent B. Hughes, Ron Eby, Eric Van Dyke, M. Tim Tinker, Corina I. Marks, Kenneth S. Johnson, and Kerstin Wasson, which appeared in issue 38, September 17, 2013, of Proc Natl Acad Sci USA (110:15313–15318; first published August 27, 2013; 10.1073/pnas.1302805110). The authors note that Fig. 2 appeared incorrectly. The authors note that they “unintentionally labeled Fig. 2C ‘Grazer biomass (g DW) *shoot (cm)’ instead of ‘Grazer biomass (mg DW) *shoot (cm).’ ” The corrected figure and its legend appear below. This error does not affect the conclusions of the article.
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