CO₂ emissions boost the benefits of crop production by farming damselfish
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2018
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Ferreira, C.M.
Nagelkerken, I.
Goldenberg, S.U.
Connell, S.D.
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Nature Ecology and Evolution, 2018; 2(8):1223-1226
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Camilo M. Ferreira, Ivan Nagelkerken, Silvan U. Goldenberg and Sean D. Connell
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Farming is a technique employed by both humans and animals to enhance crop yields, allowing their populations to increase beyond the natural carrying capacity of the environment. Using volcanic CO₂ vents, we investigate how a species of herbivorous fish (the black scalyfin Parma alboscapularis) may use increasing anthropogenic CO₂ emissions to enhance its crop yields. We found that these farming fish can take advantage of this resource enrichment, to grow crops within smaller territories and increase the capacity of the environment to support more densely packed fish populations.
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Published online: 9 July 2018
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