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wasp-waist control: a standalone construct

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Marine ecology

control of an ecosystem by a mid-trophic level of a few abundant small pelagic fish that regulate both their prey and their predators.

In marine ecology, wasp-waist control refers to control of an ecosystem by a mid-trophic level of a few abundant small pelagic fish that regulate both their prey and their predators. This meaning comes from Cury (2000) in ICES Journal of Marine Science.[1]

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References

Cury, P. (2000). Small pelagics in upwelling systems: patterns of interaction and structural changes in “wasp-waist” ecosystems. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 57(3), 603-618. https://doi.org/10.1006/jmsc.2000.0712

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