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Keystone interdependence: Sea otter responses to a prey surplus following the collapse of a rocky intertidal predator Keystone interdependence occurs when shifts in one keystone species affect another, linking ecosystems across boundaries.

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How the collapse of a sea star population along the Monterey Peninsula, CA, in 2013 "led to an increase in mussel size and expansion", sea 🦦 increased their [energetic] dietary intake on mussels..." and prospered.