Study: Sharks Critical in Helping Damaged Ecosystems Recover After Extreme Climatic Events – DivePhotoGuide.com

According to a new study published in the Journal of Animal Ecology, sharks are critically important in helping damaged ecosystems recover from extreme climatic events. In the study, scientists from Florida International University, the University of Washington and Australia’s Deakin University looked at the seagrass meadows in Western Australia’s Shark Bay, a quarter of which were destroyed during a marine heatwave in 2011.
Ordinarily, tiger sharks patrol the bay, keeping the dugongs and turtles…

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