[Coral-List] shark culling on New Caledonia reefs; more on corals eating zoox

[Douglas Fenner]

For those that might be interested, the article referred to in the shark
culling letter in Nature can be found at:

https://www.nature.com/articles/nature.2013.14373

An article documenting the culling of sharks in the main Hawaiian Islands:

Papastamatiou, Y.P., Wetherbee, B.M., Lowe, C.G., Crowe, G.L., 2006.
Distribution
and diet of four species of carcharhinid shark in the Hawaiian Islands:
evidence
for resource partitioning and competitive exclusion. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser.
320,
239–251.

Cheers, Doug

On Thu, Aug 31, 2023 at 9:40 AM Douglas Fenner <douglasfennertassi at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Shark culling at a World Heritage site
>
> https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02697-0
>
> not open-access, note author's email
>
> Corals have algal friends for dinner
>
> https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02593-7
>
> not open-access, note author's email
>
> Cheers, Doug
> --
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