Fish-seastar facilitation leads to algal forest restoration on protected rocky reefs

Although protected areas can lead to recovery of overharvested species, it is much less clear whether the return of certain predator species or a diversity of predator species can lead to re-establishment of important top-down forces that regulate whole ecosystems. Here we report that the algal reco...

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Main Authors: Galasso, Nicola M., Bonaviri, Chiara, Trapani, Francesco Di, Picciotto, Mariagrazia, Gianguzza, Paola, Agnetta, Davide, Badalamenti, Fabio
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4510527/