Myers & Worm
Valdiva 2017
100
What other two vertebrates were mentioned in this paper ?
Mammals and Reptiles !
100
How many reefs did they assess ?
39 !
200
What communities attribute half of the planet's primary production of ecological communities ?
Continental Shelves !
200
The biomass of all lower trophic levels was positively correlated with what?
Predator biomass !
300
Throughout the paper, the authors used the abbreviation "ri." What does "ri" stand for?
The initial rate of decline to the fraction of the community that remains at equilibrium.
300
Fishing and other human impacts may have reduced the Caribbean predatory reef fish biomass by what range of percentages ?
Between 10%-40%
400
What is the TOTAL decline that typically occurs within 15 years of industrial exploitation ?
Hint: It is a percentage
80!
400
What leads to differences in reef shark abundances across coral reefs of the Central Pacific ?
Sea-surface temperatures !
500
Name at least two places where they examined the biomass of large demersal fish
Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Thailand, Antarctic Ocean,...
500
What 2 examples of ecological variables were NOT included in the study?
Hint: they were in parentheses in the article
Competition and Intraguild Predation !
