Sharks play an important role in the ecosystem. GlobalFinPrint's co-lead scientist, Dr. Michael Heithaus, who is also the Dean of the College of Arts, Sciences & Education at fiuinstagram, discovered that tiger sharks affect the behavior and feeding rates of their prey, which can alter the seascape. Sharks can scare their plant-eating prey into grazing less, which helps promote the growth of healthy seagrass that provides habitat for many species and stores carbon. . 📷: cainedelacy . #tigershark #sharksFIU #ecology #oceanhealth