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RIROCKHOUND · 05-06-2009, 10:24 AM

Of course they didn't create it on their own, BUT in response to overfishing, these mid-sized predators (i.e dogfish, cownose rays etc..) fill the niche left by the lack of Cod; however the way I understand it, it is a negative feedback, i.e. the lack of cod and others increased the population of dogfish which is now creating a situation where cod can't compete w/ the increased dogfish....

this is based on a talk and papers I read by a guy named 'RAM' (Ransom A Myers I think) who was a Canadian fisheries biologist (I think I heard he passed away)

but what do I know.. I'm a geologist, not a fisheries biologist or a sailor/emt/ski bum

05-06-2009, 10:24 AM	#14
RIROCKHOUND Also known as OAK iTrader: (0) Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Westlery, RI Posts: 10,408	Of course they didn't create it on their own, BUT in response to overfishing, these mid-sized predators (i.e dogfish, cownose rays etc..) fill the niche left by the lack of Cod; however the way I understand it, it is a negative feedback, i.e. the lack of cod and others increased the population of dogfish which is now creating a situation where cod can't compete w/ the increased dogfish.... this is based on a talk and papers I read by a guy named 'RAM' (Ransom A Myers I think) who was a Canadian fisheries biologist (I think I heard he passed away) but what do I know.. I'm a geologist, not a fisheries biologist or a sailor/emt/ski bum
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