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Diet and condition of mesopredators on coral reefs in relation to shark abundance

Reef sharks may influence the foraging behaviour of mesopredatory teleosts on coral reefs via both risk effects and competitive exclusion. We used a “natural experiment” to test the hypothesis that the loss of sharks on coral reefs can influence the diet and body condition of mesopredatory fishes by...

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Autores principales: Barley, Shanta C., Meekan, Mark G., Meeuwig, Jessica J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5396851/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28422965
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0165113