Ecosystem overfishing in the ocean.

Ecosystem overfishing in the ocean.

Fisheries catches represent a net export of mass and energy that can no longer be used by trophic levels higher than those fished. Thus, exploitation implies a depletion of secondary production of higher trophic levels (here the production of mass and energy by herbivores and carnivores in the ecosy...

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Main Authors: Marta Coll, Simone Libralato, Sergi Tudela, Isabel Palomera, Fabio Pranovi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2008-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2587707?pdf=render

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