Experimental Removal and Recovery of Subtidal Grazers Highlights the Importance of Functional Redundancy and Temporal Context

Robin Elahi; Kenneth P. Sebens

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0078969

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Experimental Removal and Recovery of Subtidal Grazers Highlights the Importance of Functional Redundancy and Temporal Context

Robin Elahi ,

* E-mail: elahi.robin@gmail.com

Affiliations Friday Harbor Laboratories, University of Washington, Friday Harbor, Washington, United States of America, Department of Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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Kenneth P. Sebens

Affiliations Friday Harbor Laboratories, University of Washington, Friday Harbor, Washington, United States of America, Department of Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, School of Aquatic and Fisheries Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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Experimental Removal and Recovery of Subtidal Grazers Highlights the Importance of Functional Redundancy and Temporal Context

Robin Elahi,
Kenneth P. Sebens

Published: November 8, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0078969

About the Authors

Robin Elahi

* E-mail: elahi.robin@gmail.com

Kenneth P. Sebens

Affiliations Friday Harbor Laboratories, University of Washington, Friday Harbor, Washington, United States of America, Department of Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, School of Aquatic and Fisheries Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RE KPS. Performed the experiments: RE. Analyzed the data: RE. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RE KPS. Wrote the paper: RE KPS.

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