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A rewired food web

Climate change is causing large fish species to move into arctic marine environments. A network analysis finds that these fishes, with their generalist diets, add links to the existing food web that may alter biodiversity and web stability.

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Blanchard, J. A rewired food web. Nature 527, 173–174 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature16311

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