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Sunrise over False Bay
#Sunrise #clouds #sea #mountains
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When elements of a #foodchain are lost, this can have #ecologicalimpacts with other species getting more abundant. N. Hammerschlag et al. (2025) report a sharp #decline in the #whiteshark population in #FalseBay, South Africa, possibly due to attacks by #orcas. This has implications for Cape fur seals and sevengill sharks.
© This text #StefanFWirth Berlin 2025
Paper
N. Hammerschlag et al. (2025):
https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2025.1530362Photo
White shark by Terry Goss, Cr. Commons https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en
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A new study published in the journal Frontiers in Marine Science, has uncovered evidence of far-reaching ecosystem consequences following the disappearance of great white sharks from False Bay, South Africa. Phys.org reports:
https://phys.org/news/2025-03-ecosystem-disrupted-great-white-sharks.html#GreatWhiteShark #SouthAfrica #Ecosystem #EcologicalDamage #FalseBay #MarineScience
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New clam species discovered in South Africa's #kelp forest https://phys.org/news/2024-07-clam-species-south-africa-kelp.html paper: https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/124517/
This small #clam, which is only 2 mm in length, spends its life crawling between the spines of #SeaUrchins. The #NewSpecies has so far only been found in one locality in #FalseBay, #SouthAfrica, where it was found attached to the burrowing #SeaUrchin Spatagobrissus mirabilis in coarse gravel at a depth of about 3 m. It has not been observed free-living, without the host urchin.