Cascading top‐down effects of changing oceanic predator abundances

Summary Top‐down control can be an important determinant of ecosystem structure and function, but in oceanic ecosystems, where cascading effects of predator depletions, recoveries, and invasions could be significant, such effects had rarely been demonstrated until recently. Here we synthesize the evidence for oceanic top‐down control that has emerged over the last decade, focusing on large, high trophic‐level predators inhabiting continental...