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. 2016 Aug 8;26(15):R708-R710.
doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2016.05.074.

Ecology: The Upside-Down World of Coral Reef Predators

Colin A Simpfendorfer  1 , Michelle R Heupel  2
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Ecology: The Upside-Down World of Coral Reef Predators

Colin A Simpfendorfer et al. Curr Biol. .
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Abstract

Examination of a large aggregation of sharks demonstrates that trophic pyramids with greater amounts of high-level predators than prey can occur on coral reefs. This is possible because the high-level predators obtain food from sources outside their home location.

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