Role of middle predators in reef systems

Saturday, May 10, 2014 - 17:30 in Earth & Climate

Marine scientists at the Northeastern University Marine Science Center have shown that the behavior of middle predators in marine food webs plays an important role in the welfare of the... Northeastern University researchers at the Marine Science Center have shown that the behavior of the "middle child" in the predator-prey food chain plays a strong role in determining how the reef as a whole will fare. The new research from the team was published online on Tuesday in the journal Ecology Letters.