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Whales as marine ecosystem engineers

Whales as marine ecosystem engineers

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Whales as marine ecosystem engineers

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Full title

Whales as marine ecosystem engineers

Publisher

Ecological Society of America

Journal title

Frontiers in ecology and the environment, 2014-09, Vol.12 (7), p.377-385

Language

English

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Ecological Society of America

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Contents

Baleen and sperm whales, known collectively as the great whales, include the largest animals in the history of life on Earth. With high metabolic demands and large populations, whales probably had a strong influence on marine ecosystems before the advent of industrial whaling: as consumers of fish and invertebrates; as prey to other large-bodied pr...

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Whales as marine ecosystem engineers

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TN_cdi_fao_agris_US201600193698

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_fao_agris_US201600193698

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ISSN

1540-9295

E-ISSN

1540-9309

DOI

10.1890/130220

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