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Climate change is causing large fish species to move into arctic marine environments. A network analysis finds that these fishes, with their generalist diets, add links to the existing food web that may alter biodiversity and web stability.
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- Julia L. Blanchard is at the Institute of Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia.,
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Blanchard, J. A rewired food web.Nature 527, 173–174 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature16311
- Published: 04 November 2015
- Issue date: 12 November 2015
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nature16311
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