Predator decline leads to decreased stability in a coastal fish community
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Fisheries exploitation has caused widespread declines in marine predators. Theory predicts that predator depletion will destabilise lower trophic levels, making natural communities more vulnerable to environmental perturbations. However, empirical evidence has been limited. Using a community matrix model, we empirically assessed trends in the stability of a multispecies coastal fish community over the course of predator depletion. Three indices of community stability (resistance, resilience and reactivity) revealed significantly decreasing stability concurrent with declining predator abundance. The trophically downgraded community exhibited weaker top-down control, leading to predator-release processes in lower trophic levels and increased susceptibility to perturbation. At the community level, our results suggest that high predator abundance acts as a stabilising force to the naturally stochastic and highly autocorrelated dynamics in low trophic species. These findings have important implications for the conservation and management of predators in marine ecosystems and provide empirical support for the theory of predatory control.
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Predator-prey relationships play an integral role as top-down ecological controls, influencing ecosystem function and stability.
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HISTORICAL ANALYSIS OF FISH IN COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS
McCain, J. S. P. (2016) · DalSpace (Dalhousie University)
- Authors
- Britten, G. L., Dowd, M., Minto, C., Ferretti, F., Boero, F., & Lotze, H. K.
- Affiliations
- Dalhousie University (CA)
- Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (IE)
- Hopkins Marine Station (US)
- University of Salento (IT)
- Corresponding author
- Britten, Gregory L.
- Venue
- Ecology Letters
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2014-09-16
- Volume
- 17
- Issue
- 12
- Pages
- 1518-1525
- ISSN
- 1461-023X (ISSN-L)
- 1461-0248
- OpenAlex
- W2170460183
- Cited by
- 122
- References
- 36
- Citations by year
- 2026: 8 · 2025: 6 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 14 · 2021: 16 · 2020: 6 · 2019: 11 · 2018: 9 · 2017: 16 · 2016: 18 · 2015: 5 · 2014: 1
- FWCI
- 10.97
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Ecology Letters (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- AIRUS (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
- Census of Marine Life
- Irish Department of Education, Technological Research Sector Research Program Strand III
- Lenfest Ocean Program
- Sobey Fund for Oceans
- the EU Projects CoCoNet
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Marine and fisheries research
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Mathematical and Theoretical Epidemiology and Ecology Models
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
- Keywords
- predator decline, community stability, coastal fish communities, fisheries exploitation, top-down control, predator release, trophic downgrading, predator conservation, marine ecosystem management
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Fishes, Italy, Mediterranean Sea, Predatory Behavior, Models, Statistical, Food Chain
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