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Shark Serengeti: Ocean predators have diversity hot spots

By Susan Milius

- More than 2 years ago

The first search for oceanic spots of exceptional diversity in predators has turned up marine versions of the teeming Serengeti plains and Amazon rain forests.

SEA OF PLENTY. A mix of large fish, including these tuna, turns up in oceanic centers of diversity. OAR/National Undersea Research Program

Records from fishing boats highlight four areas showing unusual diversity in sharks, tuna, billfishes, and other big predators, says Boris Worm of the Institute for Marine Science in Kiel, Germany.