White Sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) Scavenging on Whales and Its Potential Role in Further Shaping the Ecology of an Apex Predator (original) (raw)

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Activation and regulation of community-wide consumer food-web catalyzed via pulse of a whale carcass in False Bay, South Africa.

Diagram showing range of scavengers on a whale carcass at the surface (above dotted line) and when the carcass sinks to the seafloor (bottom dotted line) following removal of blubber by white sharks.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0060797.g006