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The domino effect extends to marine life

By Robin Meadows
July-September 2007 (Vol. 8, No. 3)

Myers, R.A. et al. 2007. Cascading effects of the loss of apex predatory sharks from a coastal ocean. Science 315:1846-1850.


After decades of heavy fishing, it’s no surprise that great sharks have virtually disappeared from the U.S. Atlantic seaboard. But it is surprising that they are taking bay scallops and probably other bottom-dwelling shellfish with them.





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