Stefan F. Wirth<p>When elements of a <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/foodchain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>foodchain</span></a> are lost, this can have <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/ecologicalimpacts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecologicalimpacts</span></a> with other species getting more abundant. N. Hammerschlag et al. (2025) report a sharp <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/decline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>decline</span></a> in the <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/whiteshark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>whiteshark</span></a> population in <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/FalseBay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FalseBay</span></a>, South Africa, possibly due to attacks by <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/orcas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>orcas</span></a>. This has implications for Cape fur seals and sevengill sharks. </p><p>© This text <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/StefanFWirth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StefanFWirth</span></a> Berlin 2025</p><p>Paper</p><p>N. Hammerschlag et al. (2025):<br><a href="https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2025.1530362" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2025.153</span><span class="invisible">0362</span></a></p><p>Photo</p><p>White shark by Terry Goss, Cr. Commons <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">creativecommons.org/licenses/b</span><span class="invisible">y-sa/3.0/deed.en</span></a></p>