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Whaling blamed for seal and otter slumps

Hungry killer whales might have switched to smaller prey.

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  1. Springer, A. M. et al. Sequential megafaunal collapse in the North Pacific Ocean: an ongoing legacy of industrial whaling? Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, published online, doi:10.1073/pnas.1635156100 (2003).

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 University of St Andrew's

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Whitfield, J. Whaling blamed for seal and otter slumps. Nature (2003). https://doi.org/10.1038/news030922-5

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