Ecological Archives E096-252-A3

Russell W. Markel and Jonathan B. Shurin. 2015. Indirect effects of sea otters on rockfish (Sebastes spp.) in giant kelp forests. Ecology 96:2877–2890. http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/14-0492.1

Appendix C. Digital image of juvenile black rockfishes (Sebastes melanops) that had consumed juvenile herring (Clupea palissi) shortly before collection.

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Fig. C1. Digital image showing juvenile black rockfish (Sebastes melanops) that had consumed juvenile herring (Clupea pallisi) shortly before capture. Herring tails protruded from juvenile rockfish mouths while their heads and bodies were being digested inside the gut. Photo credit: Russell Markel.


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