Iconic food web threatened by climate change (IMAGE)

University of Pennsylvania

Iconic food web threatened by climate change

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Dogwhelks feed on barnacles on the shores of Swan's Island in Maine. A new study documents the decline of these and three other intertidal species -- owing at least in part to climate change.

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Jonathan A. D. Fisher

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