scholarly journals Relative influence of environmental factors and fishing on coral reef fish assemblages

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eva C. McClure ◽  
Andrew S. Hoey ◽  
Katherine T. Sievers ◽  
Rene A. Abesamis ◽  
Garry R. Russ
Keyword(s):  
Coral Reef ◽  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Reef Fish ◽  
Coral Reef Fish ◽  
Fish Assemblages ◽  
Relative Influence

Predicting the vertical distributions of reef fish larvae in the Straits of Florida from environmental factors

2010 ◽  
Vol 67 (11) ◽  
pp. 1755-1767 ◽  
Author(s):  
Klaus B. Huebert ◽  
Su Sponaugle ◽  
Robert K. Cowen
Keyword(s):  
Coral Reef ◽  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Reef Fish ◽  
Coral Reef Fish ◽  
Fish Assemblages ◽  
Environmental Variability ◽  
Fish Larvae ◽  
Straits Of Florida ◽  
Diel Vertical Migrations ◽  
Vertical Distributions

Three seasons of vertically stratified ichthyoplankton sampling at the edge of the Florida Current revealed consistent accumulations of some coral reef fish larvae under taxon-specific environmental conditions. Environmental variability ranging from predictable (seasonal differences in temperature, diel changes in light, and vertical gradients in many variables) to stochastic (changes in wind-driven turbulence and patchiness of zooplankton) was used to model larval distributions. In five taxa, including the commercially important Epinephelini (groupers), relative larval densities were predicted with significant accuracy based entirely on sampling depth. Models yielding these predictions were cross-validated among all seasons, indicating that larval vertical distributions were remarkably unaffected by other environmental factors, while revealing strong behavioral preferences for specific ranges of hydrostatic pressure. Pomacentridae (damselfish) larvae consistently occupied shallower depths at night than during the day, demonstrating diel vertical migrations. At the community level, depth and season were two major factors structuring larval coral reef fish assemblages. Predictable vertical distributions of larvae in the Straits of Florida can facilitate modeling the same taxa elsewhere in the Western Central Atlantic.

scholarly journals Environmental Factors Affecting Large-Bodied Coral Reef Fish Assemblages in the Mariana Archipelago

PLoS ONE ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. e31374 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin L. Richards ◽  
Ivor D. Williams ◽  
Oliver J. Vetter ◽  
Gareth J. Williams
Keyword(s):  
Coral Reef ◽  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Reef Fish ◽  
Coral Reef Fish ◽  
Fish Assemblages ◽  
Factors Affecting

scholarly journals Relative influence of environmental factors on the timing and occurrence of multi-species coral reef fish aggregations

PLoS ONE ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (12) ◽  
pp. e0209234 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric E. Fisher ◽  
John H. Choat ◽  
Mark I. McCormick ◽  
Mike Cappo
Keyword(s):  
Coral Reef ◽  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Reef Fish ◽  
Coral Reef Fish ◽  
Relative Influence

STABILITY OF CORAL REEF FISH ASSEMBLAGES IMPACTED BY NUCLEAR TESTS

Ecology ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 86 (10) ◽  
pp. 2578-2585 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Planes ◽  
R. Galzin ◽  
J-P. Bablet ◽  
P. F. Sale
Keyword(s):  
Coral Reef ◽  
Reef Fish ◽  
Coral Reef Fish ◽  
Fish Assemblages ◽  
Nuclear Tests

scholarly journals Habitat degradation increases functional originality in highly diverse coral reef fish assemblages

Ecosphere ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon J. Brandl ◽  
Michael J. Emslie ◽  
Daniela M. Ceccarelli ◽  
Zoe T. Richards
Keyword(s):  
Coral Reef ◽  
Reef Fish ◽  
Coral Reef Fish ◽  
Fish Assemblages ◽  
Habitat Degradation

scholarly journals Thermal stress induces persistently altered coral reef fish assemblages

2019 ◽  
Vol 25 (8) ◽  
pp. 2739-2750 ◽  
Author(s):  
James P. W. Robinson ◽  
Shaun K. Wilson ◽  
Simon Jennings ◽  
Nicholas A. J. Graham
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Stress ◽  
Coral Reef ◽  
Reef Fish ◽  
Coral Reef Fish ◽  
Fish Assemblages

scholarly journals Species diversity and composition drive the aesthetic value of coral reef fish assemblages

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (11) ◽  
pp. 20190703 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne-Sophie Tribot ◽  
Julie Deter ◽  
Thomas Claverie ◽  
François Guillhaumon ◽  
Sébastien Villéger ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Coral Reef ◽  
Reef Fish ◽  
Coral Reef Fish ◽  
Emotional Response ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Fish Assemblages ◽  
Species Abundance ◽  
Aesthetic Value ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
The Aesthetic

Cultural and recreational values of biodiversity are considered as important dimensions of nature's contribution to people. Among these values, the aesthetics can be of major importance as the appreciation of beauty is one of the simplest forms of human emotional response. Using an online survey, we disentangled the effects of different facets of biodiversity on aesthetic preferences of coral reef fish assemblages that are among the most emblematic assemblages on Earth. While we found a positive saturating effect of species' richness on human preference, we found a net negative effect of species abundance, no effect of species functional diversity and contrasting effects of species composition depending on species' attractiveness. Our results suggest that the biodiversity–human interest relationship is more complex than has been previously stated. By integrating several scales of organization, our study is a step forward in better evaluating the aesthetic value of biodiversity.

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