When hurricanes temporarily halt fishing, marine food webs recover quickly
Hurricane Harvey destroyed the fishing infrastructure of Aransas Bay and reduced fishing by 80% over the following year. This removed humans from the trophic cascade and whole food webs changed.
Joseph W. Reustle, SPIRE Postdoctoral Scholar, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill •
conversation
Sept. 15, 2020 • ~6 min
Sept. 15, 2020 • ~6 min