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ArticleNature2021

Baleen whale prey consumption based on high-resolution foraging measurements.

Matthew S Savoca, Max F Czapanskiy, Shirel R Kahane-Rapport, William T Gough, James A Fahlbusch, K C Bierlich, Paolo S Segre, Jacopo Di Clemente, Gwenith S Penry, David N Wiley and 7 more

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Article in Nature, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 53 papers.

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53citing papers in PubMed
23.7field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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

53 citing papers in PubMed, 174 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors at 9 institutions in 3 countries.

Matthew S SavocaHopkins Marine Station, Stanford University, Pacific Grove, CA, USA. msavoca@stanford.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7318-4977
Max F CzapanskiyHopkins Marine Station, Stanford University, Pacific Grove, CA, USA.
Shirel R Kahane-RapportHopkins Marine Station, Stanford University, Pacific Grove, CA, USA.
William T GoughHopkins Marine Station, Stanford University, Pacific Grove, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2701-5299
James A FahlbuschHopkins Marine Station, Stanford University, Pacific Grove, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9275-013X
K C BierlichDuke University Marine Laboratory, Duke University, Beaufort, NC, USA.
Paolo S SegreHopkins Marine Station, Stanford University, Pacific Grove, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2396-2670
Jacopo Di ClementeDepartment of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Gwenith S PenryInstitute for Coastal and Marine Research, Nelson Mandela University, Port Elizabeth, South Africa.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0545-7723
David N WileyStellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, NOAA National Ocean Service, Scituate, MA, USA.
John CalambokidisCascadia Research Collective, Olympia, WA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5028-7172
Douglas P NowacekDuke University Marine Laboratory, Duke University, Beaufort, NC, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8137-1836
David W JohnstonDuke University Marine Laboratory, Duke University, Beaufort, NC, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2424-036X
Nicholas D PyensonDepartment of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4678-5782
Ari S FriedlaenderLong Marine Laboratory, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, USA.
Elliott L HazenHopkins Marine Station, Stanford University, Pacific Grove, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0412-7178
Jeremy A GoldbogenHopkins Marine Station, Stanford University, Pacific Grove, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4170-7294
Pacific University · USDuke University · USUniversity of California, Santa Cruz · USCascadia Research Collective · USNational Museum of Natural History · USNelson Mandela University · ZANOAA National Ocean Service · USOregon State University · USUniversity of Copenhagen · DK

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Baleen whales influence their ecosystems through immense prey consumption and nutrient recycling

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EatingPredatory BehaviorAnimalsAntarctic RegionsAtlantic OceanBiomassEuphausiaceaFood ChainIronPacific OceanWhalesIron

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