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SUBMITTER: Siple MC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7126059 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Siple Margaret C MC Essington Timothy E TE Barnett Lewis A K LAK Scheuerell Mark D MD
Proceedings. Biological sciences 20200311 1922
Asynchronous fluctuations in abundance between species with similar ecological roles can stabilize food webs and support coexistence. Sardine (<i>Sardinops</i> spp.) and anchovy (<i>Engraulis</i> spp.) have long been used as an example of this pattern because low-frequency variation in catches of these species appears to occur out of phase, suggesting that fisheries and generalist predators could be buffered against shifts in productivity of a single species. Using landings data and biomass and ...[more]