Marine heatwaves disrupt ecosystem structure and function via altered food webs and energy flux
Dylan G. E. Gomes, James Joseph Ruzicka, Lisa G. Crozier, David D. Huff, Richard D. Brodeur, Joshua David Stewart
Pre- versus post-heatwave Ecotran food-web models of the Northern California Current show that newly abundant pyrosomes caused the largest energy-flux disruption, diverting lower-trophic energy mostly into detritus.
Nature Communications · Mar 13, 2024Peer-reviewedSystems Biology✦ In-depth digest