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SUBMITTER: Madigan DJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3440624 | biostudies-literature | 2012
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Madigan Daniel J DJ Carlisle Aaron B AB Dewar Heidi H Snodgrass Owyn E OE Litvin Steven Y SY Micheli Fiorenza F Block Barbara A BA
Scientific reports 20120913
Eastern boundary currents are often described as 'wasp-waist' ecosystems in which one or few mid-level forage species support a high diversity of larger predators that are highly susceptible to fluctuations in prey biomass. The assumption of wasp-waist control has not been empirically tested in all such ecosystems. This study used stable isotope analysis to test the hypothesis of wasp-waist control in the southern California Current large marine ecosystem (CCLME). We analyzed prey and predator t ...[more]