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ArticleNature2024

Top-predator recovery abates geomorphic decline of a coastal ecosystem.

Brent B Hughes, Kathryn M Beheshti, M Tim Tinker, Christine Angelini, Charlie Endris, Lee Murai, Sean C Anderson, Sarah Espinosa, Michelle Staedler, Joseph A Tomoleoni and 2 more

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Article in Nature, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Brent B HughesDepartment of Biology, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA, USA. hughes@sonoma.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-2263-1554
Kathryn M BeheshtiDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, USA.
M Tim TinkerDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, USA.
Christine AngeliniDepartment of Environmental Engineering Sciences, Engineering School for Sustainable Infrastructure and Environment, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.
Charlie EndrisMoss Landing Marine Laboratories, Geological Oceanography Lab, Moss Landing, CA, USA.
Lee MuraiDivision of Regional Assistance, California Department of Water Resources, West Sacramento, CA, USA.
Sean C AndersonPacific Biological Station, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada.
Sarah EspinosaDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, USA.
Michelle StaedlerMonterey Bay Aquarium, Monterey, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1101-6580
Joseph A TomoleoniWestern Ecological Research Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Santa Cruz, CA, USA.
Madeline SanchezDepartment of Biology, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA, USA.
Brian R SillimanDivision of Marine Science and Conservation, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Beaufort, NC, USA.

Funding

Stolarz Foundation, the Lenfest Ocean Program, Foundation of the Carolinas and an NSF CAREER award
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The recovery of top predators is thought to have cascading effects on vegetated ecosystems and their geomorphology

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BrachyuraEstuariesOttersPredatory BehaviorSoil ErosionWetlandsAnimalsBiomassFood ChainNutrientsPlantsSea Level RiseTidal WavesUnited StatesNutrients

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