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SUBMITTER: Gilarranz LJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4754348 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nature communications 20160212
Marine coastal ecosystems are among the most exposed to global environmental change, with reported effects on species biomass, species richness and length of trophic chains. By combining a biologically informed food-web model with information on anthropogenic influences in 701 sites across the Caribbean region, we show that fishing effort, human density and thermal stress anomaly are associated with a decrease in local food-web persistence. The conservation status of the site, in turn, is associ ...[more]