Conceptual diagram of surface slick ecology (IMAGE)

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Conceptual diagram of surface slick ecology

Caption

Conceptual diagram illustrating key examples of the ecological connections enhanced by surface slicks. Larval and juvenile stages of fishes develop in surface slick nurseries before transitioning to adults (solid white lines radiating outward) in Coral Reefs, Epipelagic, and Deep-water ocean habitats. As adults these taxa (icons outlined in white) play important ecological functions and provide food (dotted blue lines show trophic links) to higher predators (icons outlined in blue) including humans.

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Whitney et al. (2021)

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