"Thus the combined effect of both processes (marine species extinction and invasion) has resulted so far in little net change in richness but an enhancement of trophic skew by decreasing predator richness while increasing primary consumers and detritivores."
Understanding the Effects of Marine Biodiversity on Communities and Ecosystems, Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics
I hadn't thought about it in that way.
I have been cooking less and reading more. I had my first real conversation with an Italian yesterday and I failed miserably. Her name is Marisa (sp?) and she is from the next town over, Glera. I very quickly reverted to Spanish and she definitely understood what I was saying because she kept saying "io capisco" which means, "I understand". Apparently, she had a Spanish neighbor sometime in the past and picked up some Español. She told me about her dead husband which was 20 years older than her when she married at 21. I was able to communicate that mio marito is only a month and a half older than me and that we are both 24 and got married a month ago. She asked me if I worked and I said, I didn't which she thought was a pretty sweet deal. She found me on my first run since I got here...I know, I know, I'm going to get sovrappeso. All the Irish soda bread I ate yesterday isn't helping either.
Has anyone been to Slovenia? I've been put in charge of planning a weekend trip in early June. I have to leave the country every 90 days until my paperwork with the military goes through. What fun!
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i wonder whether that effect in marine systems is just the beginning of the process. maybe the large areas involved create longer response times so that this state illustrated by your quote is a transition on the way to a less diverse state dominated by invaders and robust natives, like in terrestrial systems.
BTW if you need anything for your reading that you're having trouble getting, just let me know, i'll send it PDQ.
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