[Coral-List] top-down, bottom-up arguments
Gene Shinn
eshinn at marine.usf.edu
Mon Oct 9 13:00:14 EDT 2006
As a person who began diving in the Florida Keys in 1950, I have
appreciated the series of nutrient/Diadema discussions set in motion
by Martin Moe. Hopefully all this fuss will stimulate someone to do
large scale experiments, especially ones that examine the effects of
various nutrient levels on corals in controlled conditions. Will no
agency will fund such a study? Incidentally, a similar top-down
versus bottom-up battle over the health of Kelp beds is raging in
California (see letters in Science vol. 313, 22 September 2006, pages
1737-1739). It will be interesting to see what comes from all this
debate once the dust has has settled. Gene
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University of South Florida
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