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Response to “Whales Might Also Be an Important Component in Patagonian Fjord Ecosystems”

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  1. Center for Oceanographic Research, East South Pacific-COPAS-Sur Austral, Concepcion, Chile

    Jose Luis Iriarte

  2. Patagonia Ecosystems Research Center-CIEP, Research Center for Nutrition in Aquaculture-CIEN, Puerto Montt, Chile

    Jose Luis Iriarte

  3. Institute of Aquaculture, Universidad Austral de Chile, PO Box 1327, Puerto Montt, Chile

    Jose Luis Iriarte

  4. Patagonia Ecosystems Research Center-CIEP, Center for Oceanographic Research, East South Pacific-COPAS-Sur Austral, Concepcion, Chile

    Humberto E. González

  5. Institute of Marine Biology, Universidad Austral de Chile, PO Box 537, Valdivia, Chile

    Humberto E. González

  6. Institute of Economic Agriculture, Universidad Austral de Chile, PO Box 537, Valdivia, Chile

    Laura Nahuelhual

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Iriarte, J.L., González, H.E. & Nahuelhual, L. Response to “Whales Might Also Be an Important Component in Patagonian Fjord Ecosystems”. AMBIO 40, 106–107 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-010-0115-3

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