Marine reserves reestablish lost predatory interactions and cause community changes in rocky reefs.

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• Publication year

  2006

• Venue

  Ecological Applications

• Publication date

  2006-06-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1890/1051-0761(2006)016[0963:MRRLPI]2.0.CO;2PMID 16826995
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