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ArticleiScience2021

Moray eels are more common on coral reefs subject to higher human pressure in the greater Caribbean.

Gina M Clementi, Judith Bakker, Kathryn I Flowers, Bautisse D Postaire, Elizabeth A Babcock, Mark E Bond, Dayne Buddo, Diego Cardeñosa, Leanne M Currey-Randall, Jordan S Goetze and 11 more

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Article in iScience, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

21 authors.

Gina M ClementiInstitute of Environment, Department of Biological Sciences, Coastlines and Oceans Division, Florida International University, 3000 NE 151st Street, North Miami, FL 33181, USA.
Judith BakkerInstitute of Environment, Department of Biological Sciences, Coastlines and Oceans Division, Florida International University, 3000 NE 151st Street, North Miami, FL 33181, USA.
Kathryn I FlowersInstitute of Environment, Department of Biological Sciences, Coastlines and Oceans Division, Florida International University, 3000 NE 151st Street, North Miami, FL 33181, USA.
Bautisse D PostaireInstitute of Environment, Department of Biological Sciences, Coastlines and Oceans Division, Florida International University, 3000 NE 151st Street, North Miami, FL 33181, USA.
Elizabeth A BabcockRosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, 4600 Rickenbacker Cswy, Miami, FL 33149, USA.
Mark E BondInstitute of Environment, Department of Biological Sciences, Coastlines and Oceans Division, Florida International University, 3000 NE 151st Street, North Miami, FL 33181, USA.
Dayne BuddoThe Bay Academy, Bay Ecotarium, The Embarcadero at Beach Street, San Francisco, CA 94133, USA.
Diego CardeñosaInstitute of Environment, Department of Biological Sciences, Coastlines and Oceans Division, Florida International University, 3000 NE 151st Street, North Miami, FL 33181, USA.
Leanne M Currey-RandallAustralian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville, QLD, Australia.
Jordan S GoetzeMarine Science Program, Biodiversity and Conservation Science, Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, Kensington, WA, Australia.
Euan S HarveySchool of Molecular and Life Sciences, Curtin University, WA, Australia.
Michelle HeupelAustralian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville, QLD, Australia.
Jeremy J KiszkaInstitute of Environment, Department of Biological Sciences, Coastlines and Oceans Division, Florida International University, 3000 NE 151st Street, North Miami, FL 33181, USA.
Fabian KyneUniversity of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica.
M Aaron MacNeilDepartment of Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS B3H 3J5, Canada.
Mark G MeekanAustralian Institute of Marine Science, Crawley, WA, Australia.
Matthew J ReesAustralian Institute of Marine Science, Crawley, WA, Australia.
Colin A SimpfendorferCentre for Sustainable Tropical Fisheries and Aquaculture & College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, Australia.
Conrad W SpeedAustralian Institute of Marine Science, Crawley, WA, Australia.
Michael R HeithausInstitute of Environment, Department of Biological Sciences, Coastlines and Oceans Division, Florida International University, 3000 NE 151st Street, North Miami, FL 33181, USA.
Demian D ChapmanInstitute of Environment, Department of Biological Sciences, Coastlines and Oceans Division, Florida International University, 3000 NE 151st Street, North Miami, FL 33181, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Proximity and size of the nearest market ('market gravity') have been shown to have strong negative effects on coral reef fish communities that can be mitigated by the establishment of closed areas. However, moray eels are functionally unique predators that are generally not subject to targeted fishing and should therefore not directly be affected by these factors. We used baited remote underwater video systems to investigate associations between morays and anthropogenic, habitat, and ecological factors in the Caribbean region. Market gravity had a positive effect on morays, while the opposite pattern was observed in a predator group subject to exploitation (sharks). Environmental DNA analyses corroborated the positive effect of market gravity on morays. We hypothesize that the observed pattern could be the indirect result of the depletion of moray competitors and predators near humans.

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PMID33681724
PMCPMC7918280

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