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SUBMITTER: Ferretti F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5842041 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ferretti Francesco F Curnick David D Liu Keli K Romanov Evgeny V EV Block Barbara A BA
Science advances 20180307 3
Scientific monitoring has recorded only a recent fraction of the oceans' alteration history. This biases our understanding of marine ecosystems. Remote coral reef ecosystems are often considered pristine because of high shark abundance. However, given the long history and global nature of fishing, sharks' vulnerability, and the ecological consequences of shark declines, these states may not be natural. In the Chagos archipelago, one of the remotest coral reef systems on the planet, protected by ...[more]