Sharks promote reef health
Sharks promote reef health
Written by:
Hans Kruit, 25 September 2013
Healthy shark populations may aid the recovery of coral reefs whose futures are threatened throughout the globe, according to a new study from the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS).
The link has been found by long-term monitoring of reefs off Australia's northwest coast, and showed that where shark numbers were lower due to fishing, herbivores – important fishes in promoting reef health – were also significantly lower in number.
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