The Ecological Role of Sharks on Coral Reefs: Response to Roff et al

Affiliations

¹ Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada. Electronic address: jruppert@ualberta.ca.
² Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto, 25 Harbord Street, Toronto, ONT, Canada.
³ Australian Institute of Marine Science, UWA Oceans Institute (M096), Perth, WA, Australia.

Comment

Jonathan L W Ruppert et al. Trends Ecol Evol. 2016 Aug.

. 2016 Aug;31(8):586-587.

doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2016.05.003. Epub 2016 Jun 1.

¹ Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada. Electronic address: jruppert@ualberta.ca.
² Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto, 25 Harbord Street, Toronto, ONT, Canada.
³ Australian Institute of Marine Science, UWA Oceans Institute (M096), Perth, WA, Australia.

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Keywords: bottom-up; predator-prey interactions; reef sharks; risk effects; top-down; trophic cascades.

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Reassessing Shark-Driven Trophic Cascades on Coral Reefs: A Reply to Ruppert et al.
Roff G, Doropoulos C, Rogers A, Bozec YM, Krueck NC, Aurellado E, Priest M, Birrell C, Mumby PJ. Roff G, et al. Trends Ecol Evol. 2016 Aug;31(8):587-589. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2016.05.005. Epub 2016 Jun 2. Trends Ecol Evol. 2016. PMID: 27263474 No abstract available.

The Ecological Role of Sharks on Coral Reefs.
Roff G, Doropoulos C, Rogers A, Bozec YM, Krueck NC, Aurellado E, Priest M, Birrell C, Mumby PJ. Roff G, et al. Trends Ecol Evol. 2016 May;31(5):395-407. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2016.02.014. Epub 2016 Mar 12. Trends Ecol Evol. 2016. PMID: 26975420