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From the Ted Talk by Mike Gil: Could fish social networks help us save coral reefs?

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Now, this could be happening because even simple movements by individual fish can inadvertently communicate vital ioornaifmtn. For example, if even one fish sees a predator and flees, this can alert many others to danger. And a fish safely entering feeding grounds can show others that the cosat is clear.

So it turns out that even when these fish are different species, they are connected within social networks which can provide information on when it's safe to eat. And our analyses indicate that fish simply copying other fish in their social ntoewrk could account for over 60 prneect of the algae eaten by the fish community, and thus could be cctairil to the flow of energy and resources through coral reef eosytcmess. But these findings also suggest that ofhnisreivg, a comomn problem in craol rfees, not only removes fish, but it could break up the social network of remaining fish, which may hide more and eat less aalge because they're missing critical information. And this would make coral reefs more vulnerable than we currently predict.

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Now, this could be happening because even simple movements by individual fish can inadvertently communicate vital ___________. For example, if even one fish sees a predator and flees, this can alert many others to danger. And a fish safely entering feeding grounds can show others that the _____ is clear.

So it turns out that even when these fish are different species, they are connected within social networks which can provide information on when it's safe to eat. And our analyses indicate that fish simply copying other fish in their social _______ could account for over 60 _______ of the algae eaten by the fish community, and thus could be ________ to the flow of energy and resources through coral reef __________. But these findings also suggest that ___________, a ______ problem in _____ _____, not only removes fish, but it could break up the social network of remaining fish, which may hide more and eat less _____ because they're missing critical information. And this would make coral reefs more vulnerable than we currently predict.

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  1. information
  2. common
  3. percent
  4. critical
  5. overfishing
  6. ecosystems
  7. reefs
  8. coral
  9. network
  10. coast
  11. algae

Original Text


Now, this could be happening because even simple movements by individual fish can inadvertently communicate vital information. For example, if even one fish sees a predator and flees, this can alert many others to danger. And a fish safely entering feeding grounds can show others that the coast is clear.

So it turns out that even when these fish are different species, they are connected within social networks which can provide information on when it's safe to eat. And our analyses indicate that fish simply copying other fish in their social network could account for over 60 percent of the algae eaten by the fish community, and thus could be critical to the flow of energy and resources through coral reef ecosystems. But these findings also suggest that overfishing, a common problem in coral reefs, not only removes fish, but it could break up the social network of remaining fish, which may hide more and eat less algae because they're missing critical information. And this would make coral reefs more vulnerable than we currently predict.

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