Fishing down then up the food web of an invaded lake [Ecology]

Analysis of commercial catches reveals a serial depletion of some oceanic fish stocks over time, resulting in fisheries focusing on increasingly smaller species closer to the base of the food chain. This effect, described as fishing down the marine food web, is observed when the trophic level of the catch...

Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - September 30, 2019 Category: Science Authors: Erin S. Dunlop, Daisuke Goto, Donald A. Jackson Tags: Biological Sciences Source Type: research