Dinámicas transitorias de un gran ecosistema marino alterado

Kenneth T Frank1, Brian Petrie, Jonathan A D Fisher

  • 1Ocean Sciences Division, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, P.O. Box 1006, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia B2Y 4A2, Canada. kenneth.frank@dfo-mpo.gc.ca

Nature
|July 29, 2011
PubMed
Resumen

La sobrepesca derrumbó las redes alimentarias de la plataforma escocesa, lo que llevó a la dominación de los peces forrajeros. Ahora, la disminución de la biomasa de peces forrajeros señala un retorno del ecosistema a los grandes depredadores bentónicos, lo que demuestra la reversibilidad en las pesquerías colapsadas.

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