New research, reported today in Nature Ecology & Evolution, has for the first time validated at scale, one of the theories that has underpinned ecology for over half a century. In doing so, the findings raise further questions about whether models should be revised to capture human impacts on natural systems.
which explains how different types of fish or corals for example are found on coral reefs at different depths.
Modern computing capabilities have now made it possible to test these theories at a larger scale, to see whether they"hold water.", scientists at Bangor University and the US Government National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration , led by Dr. Laura Richardson, of Bangor University, collected data from 5,525 surveys at 35 Pacific Ocean islands.