HHMI made this amazing video about trophic cascades a few weeks ago.  I HIGHLY recommend watching this. Featuring kings of ecology Jim Estes and Bob Paine http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/some-animals-are-more-equal-others-keystone-species-and-trophic-cascades Like the video says, Paine’s research inspired an explosion of studies in different ecosystems about the role of keystone species.  Salt marshes have too shown to be dominated … Continue reading Trophic Cascades from HHMI