title: Ecology: The Upside-Down World of Coral Reef Predators.
abstract: Examination of a large aggregation of sharks demonstrates that trophic pyramids with greater amounts of high-level predators than prey can occur on coral reefs. This is possible because the high-level predators obtain food from sources outside their home location.
authors: Centre for Sustainable Tropical Fisheries and Aquaculture & College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, Queensland, 4811, Australia. Electronic address: colin.simpfendorfer@jcu.edu.au.
authors: Colin A
authors: CA
authors: Simpfendorfer
authors: Australian Institute of Marine Science, PMB 3, Townsville, 4810, Australia.
authors: Michelle R
authors: MR
authors: Heupel
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D057894:Coral Reefs; D004463:Ecology; D006801:Humans; D012754:Sharks