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Predators Shape Sedimentary Organic Carbon Storage in a Coral Reef Ecosystem
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Predators Shape Sedimentary Organic Carbon Storage in a Coral Reef Ecosystem |
| Creator | Atwood, Trisha Brooke Madin, Elizabeth M. P. Harborne, Alastair R. Hammill, Edd Luiz, Osmar J. Ollivier, Quinn R. Roelfsema, Chris M. Macreadie, Peter I. Lovelock, Catherine E. |
| Description | Trophic cascade theory predicts that predator effects should extend to influence carbon cycling in ecosystems. Yet, there has been little empirical evidence in natural ecosystems to support this hypothesis. Here, we use a naturally-occurring trophic cascade to provide evidence that predators help protect sedimentary organic carbon stocks in coral reef ecosystems. Our results show that predation risk altered the behavior of herbivorous fish, whereby it constrained grazing to areas close to the... |
| Date | 2018-08-03T07:00:00Z |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Identifier | https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/wats_facpub/1016 info:doi/10.3389/fevo.2018.00110 https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/context/wats_facpub/article/2030/viewcontent/fevo_06_00110.pdf |
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| Source | Watershed Sciences Faculty Publications |
| Publisher | Hosted by Utah State University Libraries |
| Contributor | Frontiers |
| Subject | trophic cascades blue carbon trait-mediated effects coral reefs predators herbivory grazing halos Great Barrier Reef Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Life Sciences |
