Patterns and ecosystem consequences of shark declines in the ocean.

By F. Ferretti, Boris Worm, G. Britten, Michael R. Heithaus, Heike K. Lotze. Ecology Letters, 2010

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Subfields: Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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