Cascading Effects of the Loss of Apex Predatory Sharks from a Coastal Ocean

By Mikhail Zubkov, M. Sleigh, P. Burkill, Raymond J. G. Leakey. 2007

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Heat-seeking sharks: support for behavioural thermoregulation in reef sharks (2012, background): “Sharks are an important predator within the coastal marine environment and assist in maintaining ecosystem stability and prey community structure (Shepherd & Myers 2005, Myers et al. 2007).”
Nutrient versus herbivore control of macroalgal community development and coral growth on a Caribbean reef (2009, background): “Dramatic changes in community structure often follow alterations of top-down and bottom-up forces (Valiela et al. 1997, Steneck et al. 2004, Myers et al. 2007), making it critical to understand how changes to these forces cas- cade through marine ecosystems.”
Tracking the fin trade: genetic stock identification in western Atlantic scalloped hammerhead sharks Sphyrna lewini (2009, unknown): “…species fetch premium market prices due to their large size and high ‘fin nee-dle’ content ($ US 100–120 kg 1 ; Abercrombie et al. 2005), and this species appears to have collapsed in the western North Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico due to overexploitation (Baum et al. 2003, Myers et al. 2007).”
Use of marine protected areas and exclusive economic zones in the subtropical western North Atlantic Ocean by large highly mobile sharks (2016, unknown): “With decreasing trends in great hammerhead populations globally, including the study region (Baum et al. , 2003; Myers et al. , 2007; Miller et al. , 2014), the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) established agreements in November 2010 to protect this species in…”
Dietary Niche Overlap in a Nearshore Elasmobranch Mesopredator Community (2011, unknown): “For example, cownose ray foraging can result in widespread loss of shellfish and has been implicated as a factor in the collapse of a commercially important scallop fishery (Peterson et al. 2001, Myers et al. 2007).”
Effects of large-scale anthropogenic development on juvenile lemon shark (Negaprion brevirostris) populations of Bimini, Bahamas (2008, unknown): “These species can also exert strong top-down effects, and their removal can result in trophic cascades and the entire restructuring of ecosystems (Daskalov 2002; Myers et al. 2007).”
Looking behind the curtain: quantifying massive shark mortality in fish aggregating devices (2013, background): “…et al. 2010), ocean acidification (Caldeira and Wickett 2003), trophic cascades due to the removal of entire ecosystem tiers (Jackson et al. 2001; Myers et al. 2007), marine pollution (Halpern et al. 2008), and technological shifts in fishing practices – may ultimately have impacts equaling or…”