scholarly journals Spatially and Temporally Predictable Fish Communities on Coral Reefs

1998 ◽  
Vol 68 (1) ◽  
pp. 25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy R. Ault ◽  
Craig R. Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Coral Reefs ◽  
Fish Communities

scholarly journals Contrasting patterns in the abundance of fish communities targeted by fishers on two coral reefs in southern Mozambique

2020 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 95-107
Author(s):  
T Sancelme ◽  
J Goetze ◽  
S Jaquemet ◽  
MG Meekan ◽  
A Flam ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Coral Reefs ◽  
Fish Communities

Seawater turbidity and fish communities on coral reefs of Puerto Rico

2013 ◽  
Vol 474 ◽  
pp. 217-226 ◽  
Author(s):  
I Bejarano ◽  
RS Appeldoorn
Keyword(s):  
Puerto Rico ◽  
Coral Reefs ◽  
Fish Communities

Turks and Caicos Islands. Assessment of the Coral Reefs of the Turks and Caicos Islands (Part 2: Fish Communities)

2003 ◽  
Vol 496 (26) ◽  
pp. 480-499 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kaho Hoshino ◽  
Marilyn Brandt ◽  
Carrie Manfrino ◽  
Bernhardt Riegl ◽  
Sasha C. C. Steiner
Keyword(s):  
Coral Reefs ◽  
Fish Communities ◽  
Turks And Caicos Islands

scholarly journals The importance of sponges and mangroves in supporting fish communities in degraded coral reefs in Caribbean Panama

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janina Seemann ◽  
Alexandra Yingst ◽  
Rick D Stuart-Smith ◽  
Graham J Edgar ◽  
Andrew H Altieri
Keyword(s):  
Coral Reefs ◽  
Fish Community ◽  
Trophic Structure ◽  
Habitat Degradation ◽  
Human Impacts ◽  
Small Body ◽  
Fish Communities ◽  
Trophic Levels ◽  
Fish Biomass ◽  
Total Fish

Fish communities associated with coral reefs worldwide are threatened by overexploitation and other human impacts such as bleaching events that cause habitat degradation. We assessed the fish community on coral reefs on the Caribbean coast of Panama, as well as those associated with mangrove and seagrass habitats, to explore the influences of habitat cover, connectivity and environmental characteristics in sustaining biomass, richness and trophic structure in a degraded tropical ecosystem. Overall, 94 % of all fishes across all habitat types were of small body size (≤11 cm), with communities dominated by fishes that usually live in habitats of low complexity, such as Pomacentridae (damselfishes) and Gobiidae (gobies). Moreover, total fish biomass was very low, small fishes from low trophic levels were over-represented, and top predators were under-represented relative to other Caribbean reefs. For example, herbivorous/omnivorous/detrivorous fishes (trophic level 2-2.7) comprised 37 % of total fish biomass, with the diminutive parrotfish Scarus iseri comprising 72 % of the parrotfish biomass. However, the abundance of sponges and proximity of mangroves were found to be important positive drivers of reef fish richness, biomass and trophic structure on a given reef, presumably by promoting functional processes of ecosystems. The masked goby (Coryphopterus personata) was a strong indicator of reef degradation, apparently benefiting from the reduced density of large predators on local reefs. The damselfish Abudefduf saxatilis was more common on reefs with high sponge cover, and also to proximity to mangroves. Our study suggests that a diverse fish community can persist on degraded coral reefs, and that the availability of habitat forming organisms other than corals, including sponges and mangroves, and their arrangement on the landscape, is critical to the maintenance of functional processes in these ecosystems.

scholarly journals Diversity and Structure of the Ichthyologic Communities in the Diving Sites in Holguin (Cuba)

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 57-82
Author(s):  
Enrique Reynaldo De La Cruz ◽  
María Eugenia Vega Cendejas ◽  
Sheila Rodríguez Machado ◽  
Franklin Garcia Fernández ◽  
Antonio Vega Torres
Keyword(s):  
Species Richness ◽  
Coral Reefs ◽  
Marine Fish ◽  
Fish Species ◽  
Fish Communities ◽  
Reef System ◽  
Poor State ◽  
Number Of Species

Abstract This study is aimed to determine the diversity and structure of the ichthyologic communities in the coral reefs of Holguín, Cuba. A total of 85 fish species were recorded, including in 32 families and 53 genera. Low species richness and equitability were estimated at different sampling sites throughout the reef system. Cadena de Vita and Canto Chiquito are the sites with the highest number of species 47 and 46 respectively. Cueva 1 and Punta Naranjo were the places with the highest equitability 0.76. Replacement of fish species among the reef sites studied is poor. Canto Azul with Canto Pionero and La Llanita, sharing 29 species. These results reflect a poor state of conservation of the marine fish communities in Holguín.

scholarly journals Caught in the Middle: Combined Impacts of Shark Removal and Coral Loss on the Fish Communities of Coral Reefs

PLoS ONE ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 8 (9) ◽  
pp. e74648 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan L. W. Ruppert ◽  
Michael J. Travers ◽  
Luke L. Smith ◽  
Marie-Josée Fortin ◽  
Mark G. Meekan
Keyword(s):  
Coral Reefs ◽  
Fish Communities

scholarly journals More Than Expected From Old Sponge Samples: A Natural Sampler DNA Metabarcoding Assessment of Marine Fish Diversity in Nha Trang Bay (Vietnam)

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marta Turon ◽  
Carlos Angulo-Preckler ◽  
Adrià Antich ◽  
Kim Præbel ◽  
Owen S. Wangensteen
Keyword(s):  
Coral Reefs ◽  
Fish Species ◽  
Fish Communities ◽  
Environmental Dna ◽  
Pcr Primers ◽  
Tropical Fish ◽  
Sponge Species ◽  
Fish Diversity ◽  
Biodiversity Patterns ◽  
Nha Trang Bay

Sponges have recently been proposed as ideal candidates to act as natural samplers for environmental DNA due to their efficiency in filtering water. However, validation of the usefulness of DNA recovered from sponges to reveal vertebrate biodiversity patterns in Marine Protected Areas is still needed. Additionally, nothing is known about how different sponge species and morphologies influence the capture of environmental DNA and whether biodiversity patterns obtained from sponges are best described by quantitative or qualitative measures. In this study, we amplified and sequenced a vertebrate specific 12S barcode with a set of universal PCR primers (MiFish) for metabarcoding environmental DNA from fishes, to unveil fine-scale patterns of fish communities from natural-sampler DNA retrieved from 64 sponges (16 species) located in eutrophic and well-preserved coral reefs in Nha Trang Bay (central Vietnam). Ninety tropical fish species were identified from the sponges, corresponding to one third of the total local ichthyofauna reported from previous extensive conventional surveys. Significant differentiation in fish communities between eutrophic and well-preserved environments was observed, albeit eutrophication only explained a modest proportion of the variation between fish communities. Differences in efficiency of capturing fish environmental DNA among sponge species or morphologies were not observed. Overall, the majority of detected fish species corresponded to reef-associated small-sized species, as expected in coral reefs environments. Remarkably, pelagic, migratory, and deep-sea fish species were also recovered from sponge tissues, pointing out the ability of sponge natural sampled DNA to detect fishes that were not permanently associated to the biomes where the sponges were sampled. These results highlight the suitability of natural samplers as a cost-effective way to assess vertebrate diversity in hyper-diverse environments.

scholarly journals The importance of sponges and mangroves in supporting fish communities in degraded coral reefs in Caribbean Panama

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janina Seemann ◽  
Alexandra Yingst ◽  
Rick D Stuart-Smith ◽  
Graham J Edgar ◽  
Andrew H Altieri
Keyword(s):  
Coral Reefs ◽  
Fish Community ◽  
Trophic Structure ◽  
Habitat Degradation ◽  
Human Impacts ◽  
Small Body ◽  
Fish Communities ◽  
Trophic Levels ◽  
Fish Biomass ◽  
Total Fish

Fish communities associated with coral reefs worldwide are threatened by overexploitation and other human impacts such as bleaching events that cause habitat degradation. We assessed the fish community on coral reefs on the Caribbean coast of Panama, as well as those associated with mangrove and seagrass habitats, to explore the influences of habitat cover, connectivity and environmental characteristics in sustaining biomass, richness and trophic structure in a degraded tropical ecosystem. Overall, 94 % of all fishes across all habitat types were of small body size (≤11 cm), with communities dominated by fishes that usually live in habitats of low complexity, such as Pomacentridae (damselfishes) and Gobiidae (gobies). Moreover, total fish biomass was very low, small fishes from low trophic levels were over-represented, and top predators were under-represented relative to other Caribbean reefs. For example, herbivorous/omnivorous/detrivorous fishes (trophic level 2-2.7) comprised 37 % of total fish biomass, with the diminutive parrotfish Scarus iseri comprising 72 % of the parrotfish biomass. However, the abundance of sponges and proximity of mangroves were found to be important positive drivers of reef fish richness, biomass and trophic structure on a given reef, presumably by promoting functional processes of ecosystems. The masked goby (Coryphopterus personata) was a strong indicator of reef degradation, apparently benefiting from the reduced density of large predators on local reefs. The damselfish Abudefduf saxatilis was more common on reefs with high sponge cover, and also to proximity to mangroves. Our study suggests that a diverse fish community can persist on degraded coral reefs, and that the availability of habitat forming organisms other than corals, including sponges and mangroves, and their arrangement on the landscape, is critical to the maintenance of functional processes in these ecosystems.

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