Widespread diversity deficits of coral reef sharks and rays
DOI10.5281/zenodo.7827157Zenodo7827157MaRDI QIDQ6677110FDOQ6677110
Dataset published at Zenodo repository.
Patrick J. Burke, Stephen M. Heck, Esteban Zarza-González, Anthony T. F. Bernard, Camilla Floros, Joshua E. Cinner, Domingo Ochavillo, Marta Cambra, Michelle Schärer-Umpierre, Daniel Fernando, Chico Birrell, Ricardo Garla, Muslimin Kaimuddin, Enric Sala, Joseph D. Warren, Matthew J. Rees, Jessica R. Quinlan, Stephen Moore, Elizabeth R. Whitman, Jessica E. Cramp, Mario Espinoza, Jennifer E. Caselle, Adam N. H. Smith, J. Jed Brown, Euan Harvey, Lauren Sparks, José Amorim Reis-Filho, Stephen J. Newman, Lucy Martin, Patricia Heithaus, Sara Casareto, Owen O'Shea, M. Shiham Adam, Aaron J. Wirsing, Brooke M. D'Alberto, Alexei Ruiz-Abierno, Steve Lindfield, Yannis P. Papastamatiou, Rima W. Jabado, Frida Lara, Rima W. Jabado, Nishan Perera, Michael J. Travers, Mareike C. Dornhege, Thomas Claverie, Clay Obota, Tristan L. Guttridge, Rory Graham, Mauricio Hoyos Padilla, Bradley Peterson, L. M. Sjamsul Quamar, Rosalind M. K. Bown, Rubén Torres, Philip Matich, Conrad W. Speed, M. Aaron MacNeil, Taratau Kirata, Colin K. Wen, Baraka Kuguru, Mark E. Bond, Fabian Kyne, Kirk Gastrich, Megan Kelley, Edward J. Brooks, Caio R. Pimentel, Diego Cardeñosa, C. Samantha Sherman, Tim Langlois, Sara N. Schoen, Nikola Simpson, Laura García Barcia, Juney Ward, Leanne M. Currey-Randall, Heidi Hertler, Lachlan George, Steven T. Kessel, Daniel Mateos-Molina, Virginia Fourqurean, Khadeeja Ali, Naomi F. Farabaugh, Jean-Christophe Joyeux, Mark Meekan, Eva Aylagas, Kennedy E. Osuka, Candace Y. A. Fields, Llewelyn Meggs, Jordan S. Goetze, Jacob Asher, Alexandra M. Watts, Fabián Pina-Amargós, Maurits van Zinnicq Bergmann, Ashlie McIvor, Aaron C. Henderson, Tommaso Giarrizzo, Valerie Hagan, Josep Nogués, Julia L. Y. Spaet, Vanessa Jaiteh, Audrey M. Schlaff, Neil Cook, Andrea Marshall, Andy Estep, Andrea Luna-Acosta, Royale S. Hardenstine, Erika Bonnema, B. Mabel Manjaji-Matsumoto, Camila Cáceres, Sushmita Mukherji, Dayne Buddo, Joseph D. Warren, Melita A. Samoilys, Twan Stoffers, Lanya Fanovich, Kurt Schmid, Erin McCombs, Jeffrey C. Carrier, Robert E. Hueter, Elodie J. I. Lédée, Devanshi Kasana, Stacy D. Jupiter, Michael L. Berumen, Venkatesh Charloo, Ryan Murray, Benedict Kiilu, Océane Beaufort, Kathryn I. Flowers, Andhika Prasetyo, Akshay Tanna, Hector Ruiz, Michelle R. Heupel, Jaedon Lawe, Jade Q. Maggs, Mohini Johnson, Hudson T. Pinheiro, Alessandro Ponzo, Juney Ward, Jasmine Valentin-Albanese, Michael R. Heithaus, Aljoscha Wothke, Martin de Graaf, Laurent Vigliola, Eric E. G. Clua, Carlos E. L. Ferreira, Laura Gajdzik, Gina M. Clementi, Anna L. Flam, Dianne McLean, Colin A. Simpfendorfer, Vinay Udyawer, Cecilie Benjamin, Demian D. Chapman, Stacy Bierwagen, William R. Sample, Jeremy J. Kiszka, Jesse E. M. Cochran
Publication date: 14 April 2023
A global survey of coral reefs reveals that overfishing is driving resident shark species toward extinction, causing diversity deficits in reef elasmobranch (shark and ray) assemblages. Our species-level analysis revealed global declines of 60 to 73% for five common resident reef shark species and that individual shark species were not detected at 34 to 47% of surveyed reefs. As reefs become more shark-depleted, rays begin to dominate assemblages. Shark-dominated assemblages persist in wealthy nations with strong governance and in highly protected areas, whereas poverty, weak governance, and a lack of shark management are associated with depauperate assemblages mainly composed of rays. Without action to address these diversity deficits, loss of ecological function and ecosystem services will increasingly affect human communities.
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