Sentences with phrase «damselfish populations»
Threespot Damselfish populations have exploded in recent years due to overfishing of predatory fish such as groupers and snappers.
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«Damselfish populations appear to have grown recently as their predators have been overfished, which is one plausible explanation as to why long - spined urchin populations have failed to recover.»
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A new study suggests that an aggressive reef competitor — the Threespot Damselfish — may have impeded the recovery of Caribbean long - spined sea urchin populations after a mysterious disease outbreak caused a massive die - off of these animals over three decades ago.