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Life in the shallows becomes a trap for baby sharks – EurekAlert
Baby reef sharks tolerate living in the sometimes-extreme environments of their nurseries — but these habitats face an uncertain future which may leave newborn sharks ‘trapped’.
IMAGE: Climate change is changing already extreme nursery environments for baby blacktip reef sharks.
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Credit: Tom Vierus, www.tomvierus.com
Scientists can now explain how baby reef sharks tolerate living in the sometimes-extreme environments of their nurseries–but, they also say these habitats face an uncertain future which may leave newborn sharks ‘trapped’.
The lead author of the study is Ian Bouyoucos, a PhD student at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies at Ja…
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