Evidence map›Paper›PMID 30564522›Full record

ArticlePeerJ2018

Increased presence of mammal-eating killer whales in the Salish Sea with implications for predator-prey dynamics.

Monika W Shields, Sara Hysong-Shimazu, Jason C Shields, Julie Woodruff

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Article in PeerJ, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Monika W ShieldsOrca Behavior Institute, Friday Harbor, WA, United States of America.
Sara Hysong-ShimazuOrca Behavior Institute, Friday Harbor, WA, United States of America.
Jason C ShieldsOrca Behavior Institute, Friday Harbor, WA, United States of America.
Julie WoodruffOrca Behavior Institute, Friday Harbor, WA, United States of America.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The inland waters of Washington State and southern British Columbia, collectively known as the Salish Sea, comprise key habitat for two regional populations of killer whales (

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Habitat usageHarbor sealsKiller whalesPopulation growthPredator managementPredator-prey dynamicsSalish Sea

Identifiers

PMID30564522
PMCPMC6284519

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