Protection from illegal fishing and shark recovery restructures mesopredatory fish communities on a coral reef

Abstract The recovery of communities of predatory fishes within a no‐take marine reserve after the eradication of illegal fishing provides an opportunity to examine the role of sharks and other large‐bodied mesopredatory fishes in structuring reef fish communities. We used baited remote underwater v...

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Main Authors: Conrad W. Speed, Matthew J. Rees, Katherine Cure, Brigit Vaughan, Mark G. Meekan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2019-09-01
Series:Ecology and Evolution
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.5575