hyperdepletion

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Etymology

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From hyper- +‎ depletion.

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hyperdepletion (uncountable)

  1. Excessive depletion
    • 2015 August 15, “Empirical Evidence for Species-Specific Export of Fish Naïveté from a No-Take Marine Protected Area in a Coastal Recreational Hook and Line Fishery”, in PLOS ONE[1], →DOI:
      Hilborn and Walters [80 ] developed the idea of hyperdepletion as a mechanism that would explain why catch rates decline more rapidly than fish abundance.