Composition of reef fish assemblages
Priority effects and the dynamics of coral reef fish assemblages
... of assemblages of organisms is a central goal of ...resulting composition of the community that is ...assemblage composition include competitive interactions between residents and newcomers for ...
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Deep-reef fish assemblages of the Great Barrier Reef shelf-break (Australia)
... sub-mesophotic fish ecology is poorly understood despite increasing vulnerability of deeper fish ...deeper fish species have not yet been ...undocumented fish diversity and ...Barrier ...
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Predators drive community structure in coral reef fish assemblages
... coral reef fish ...coral reef fishes, by using a network of marine reserves (the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park) as a natural ...distinct fish communities from those where piscivores ...
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Rocky-reef fish assemblages at San José Island, Mexico
... sh composition of each location varies according to its particular ...coral reef of Cabo Pulmo in Baja California Sur. The habitat of reef-fi sh communities in the Gulf of California are structured ...
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Predator-Induced Demographic Shifts in Coral Reef Fish Assemblages
... coral reef fish assemblages ([19] but see ...species composition, size or longevity of grazers can strongly influence grazing rates, which can in turn influence abundance of some groups of ...
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Diving into the deep-end: investigating tropical deep-reef fish assemblages
... benthic composition can influence the distribution and abundance of mesophotic fish assemblages, therefore, further research on the distribution and composition of deep reef habitat ...
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Variation in structure and function of reef fish assemblages among distinct coral habitats
... distinct assemblages, such that management actions may be appropriately ...of reef fish assemblage structure among six taxonomically distinct coral reef habitats exposed to a system-wide ...
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Wave-induced water motion and the functional implications for coral reef fish assemblages
... functional composition of a highly mobile group of organisms—coral reef ...coral reef fish assem- blages through functional groupings based on swimming ...coral reef fish assem- ...
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Small Marine Protected Areas in Fiji provide refuge for reef fish assemblages, feeding groups, and corals
... as fish biomass and coral cover; few studies have quantified the effect of MPAs on ecological processes and social ...many reef fish species frequently feed in groups [26–30], no studies, to our ...
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Temperate zone coastal seascapes: seascape patterning and adjacent seagrass habitat shape the distribution of rocky reef fish assemblages
... rocky reef fish assemblages Abstract Context: Whilst the composition and arrangement of habitats within landscape mosaics are known to be important determinants of biodiversity patterns, the ...
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Reef Fish Assemblage Biogeography Along the Florida Reef Tract
... impacted reef fish to the extent that their assemblage composition has ...hog fish are largely absent from SE Florida reefs and parts of the ...current reef fish ...
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The influence of coral reef benthic condition on associated fish assemblages
... degraded reef systems have been mostly described based on changes in the composition of the reef benthos, and there is little understanding of how such changes are influenced by, and in turn ...
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Reef fish and coral assemblages on Hospital Point and near Bastimentos Island, Panama
... and reef fish ...community composition of these sites highlighted only a fraction of the large coral and reef fish diversity in the Bocas del Toro ...describe fish populations ...
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Macroalgal assemblages as indicators of the broad scale impacts of fish farms on temperate reef habitats
... Intensive fish culture in open sea pens can deliver large amounts of nutrients to coastal ...community composition has been shown to be a good indicator of environmental disturbance on reef, the ...
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Habitat structure, disturbance and the composition of sand-dwelling goby assemblages in a coral reef lagoon
... Coral reef lagoons and back reef areas are composed more of sand than hard reef habi- ...resident assemblages associated with sand and the factors affecting their distribution and abundance ...
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Variability in the functional composition of coral reef fish communities on submerged and emergent reefs in the central Great Barrier Reef, Australia
... in fish communities among relatively small depth ranges (6–30 m) and therefore we recommend that caution should be used when com- paring LTMP data to fish communities in general within this sector of the ...
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Habitats as surrogates of taxonomic and functional fish assemblages in coral reef ecosystems: a critical analysis of factors driving effectiveness
... of fish stations geographically close can be justified by different exposure to dominant wave and wind ...habitat composition in their neighborhood could hold very different fish assemblages ...
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Reef fish assemblages: a re-evaluation using enclosed rotenone stations
... from a definable area (3.5 m 2 ). Open stations are of an indeterminate area (approximately 10 to 200 m 2 ) and can only provide qualitative data on relative abun- dances. Previous studies in which rotenone has been used ...
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Mass coral bleaching causes biotic homogenization of reef fish assemblages
... changes in fish assemblages (mixed coral); total abundance increased (soft coral); or species 383. richness declined, and functional dispersion and functional originality increased (bra[r] ...
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Relationships between structural complexity, coral traits, and reef fish assemblages
... Table 1 Structural complexity and coral assemblage variables of total cover, richness and functional diversity, life histories, 828 and community-weighted trait values considered as predictors of reef fish ...
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