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| Title |
The Ecological Role of Sharks on Coral Reefs
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Trends in Ecology & Evolution, March 2016
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| DOI | 10.1016/j.tree.2016.02.014 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
George Roff, Christopher Doropoulos, Alice Rogers, Yves-Marie Bozec, Nils C. Krueck, Eleanor Aurellado, Mark Priest, Chico Birrell, Peter J. Mumby |
| Abstract |
Sharks are considered the apex predator of coral reefs, but the consequences of their global depletion are uncertain. Here we explore the ecological roles of sharks on coral reefs and, conversely, the importance of reefs for sharks. We find that most reef-associated shark species do not act as apex predators but instead function as mesopredators along with a diverse group of reef fish. While sharks perform important direct and indirect ecological roles, the evidence to support hypothesised shark-driven trophic cascades that benefit corals is weak and equivocal. Coral reefs provide some functional benefits to sharks, but sharks do not appear to favour healthier reef environments. Restoring populations of sharks is important and can yet deliver ecological surprise. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 88 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | 16 | 18% |
| United States | 13 | 15% |
| United Kingdom | 8 | 9% |
| Japan | 2 | 2% |
| Brazil | 2 | 2% |
| France | 2 | 2% |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1% |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1% |
| Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 1 | 1% |
| Other | 7 | 8% |
| Unknown | 35 | 40% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 53 | 60% |
| Scientists | 34 | 39% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 1% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 853 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | <1% |
| Canada | 2 | <1% |
| Colombia | 1 | <1% |
| France | 1 | <1% |
| Kenya | 1 | <1% |
| Australia | 1 | <1% |
| Germany | 1 | <1% |
| Tanzania, United Republic of | 1 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 2 | <1% |
| Unknown | 839 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 168 | 20% |
| Student > Master | 138 | 16% |
| Researcher | 114 | 13% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 107 | 13% |
| Other | 38 | 4% |
| Other | 110 | 13% |
| Unknown | 178 | 21% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 354 | 42% |
| Environmental Science | 204 | 24% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 30 | 4% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 24 | 3% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 4 | <1% |
| Other | 35 | 4% |
| Unknown | 202 | 24% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 96. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 31 August 2022.
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#260
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#8,013
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Altmetric has tracked 25,374,647 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done particularly well and is in the 98th percentile: it's in the top 5% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 3,201 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 31.8. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 91% of its peers.
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