Environmental Science
3 years ago

Biodiversity loss threatens marine food production

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Oikos
Secondary production increases with species richness but decreases with species evenness of benthic invertebrates
David S. Clare, Fiona Culhane, Leonie A. Robinson

Paper Summary

Biodiversity affects how much new life is produced by sea creatures. More species or less evenness means more production. Small creatures play a big role in this. Losing or gaining species can change how much new life is made in natural oceans.

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