Chris Merkord Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 The impact of industrial fishing on coastal ecosystems has been studied for many years. But how it affects food webs in the open ocean―a vast region that covers almost half of the Earth’s surface―has not been very clear. So a team of Smithsonian and Michigan State University scientists and their colleagues looked to the ancient bones of seabirds for answers, revealing some of the dramatic changes that have happened within open-ocean food webs since the onset of industrial fishing. The team’s research is published this week in theProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Read more: http://newsdesk.si.edu/releases/scientists-find-impact-open-ocean-industrial-fishing-within-centuries-bird-bones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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