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Julia K. Baum

Researcher at University of Victoria

Publications -  95
Citations -  12920

Julia K. Baum is an academic researcher from University of Victoria. The author has contributed to research in topics: Coral reef & Coral. The author has an hindex of 34, co-authored 87 publications receiving 10763 citations. Previous affiliations of Julia K. Baum include Dalhousie University & University of California, San Diego.

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Collapse and Conservation of Shark Populations in the Northwest Atlantic

TL;DR: Open-area models highlight priority areas for shark conservation, and the need to consider effort reallocation and site selection if marine reserves are to benefit multiple threatened species.
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Cascading effects of the loss of apex predatory sharks from a coastal ocean.

TL;DR: For example, this paper found that the abundance of all 11 great sharks that consume other elasmobranchs (rays, skates, and small sharks) fell over the past 35 years, while 12 of 14 of these prey species increased in coastal northwest Atlantic ecosystems.

Supporting Online Material for Cascading Effects of the Loss of Apex Predatory Sharks from a Coastal Ocean

TL;DR: Impacts of chronic overfishing are evident in population depletions worldwide, yet indirect ecosystem effects induced by predator removal from oceanic food webs remain unpredictable.