The impact of whaling on the ocean carbon cycle: why bigger was better.
<h4>Background</h4>Humans have reduced the abundance of many large marine vertebrates, including whales, large fish, and sharks, to only a small percentage of their pre-exploitation levels. Industrial fishing and whaling also tended to preferentially harvest the largest species and large...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2010-08-01
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| Series: | PLoS ONE |
| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/20865156/?tool=EBI |