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Are Antarctic minke whales unusually abundant because of 20th century whaling?
Molecular ecology - 1 Jan 2010
Ruegg Kristen C, Anderson Eric C, Scott Baker C, Vant Murdoch, Jackson Jennifer A, Palumbi Stephen R
Abstract excerpt
Severe declines in megafauna worldwide illuminate the role of top predators in ecosystem structure. In the Antarctic, the Krill Surplus Hypothesis posits that the killing of more than 2 million large whales led to competitive release for smaller krill-eating species like the Antarctic minke whale...
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