Predators help protect carbon stocks in blue carbon ecosystems

Published online on 28. September 2015 Predators help protect carbon stocks in blue carbon ecosystems Trisha B. Atwood, Rod M. Connolly, Euan G. Ritchie, Catherine E. Lovelock, Michael R. Heithaus, Graeme C. Hays, James W. Fourqurean, Peter I. Macreadie ABSTRACT: Predators continue to be harvested unsustainably throughout most of the Earth’s ecosystems. Recent research demonstrates