scholarly journals Species-area relationships for coral reef fish assemblages of St. Croix, US Virgin Islands

2002 ◽  
Vol 233 ◽  
pp. 253-261 ◽  
Author(s):  
PM Chittaro
Keyword(s):  
Coral Reef ◽  
Reef Fish ◽  
Coral Reef Fish ◽  
Fish Assemblages ◽  
Virgin Islands ◽  
Us Virgin Islands ◽  
Species Area

Patterns of cleaning behaviour on coral reef fish by the anemoneshrimpAncylomenes pedersoni

2011 ◽  
Vol 92 (7) ◽  
pp. 1557-1562 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lindsay K. Huebner ◽  
Nanette E. Chadwick
Keyword(s):  
Coral Reef ◽  
Reef Fish ◽  
Coral Reef Fish ◽  
Virgin Islands ◽  
Us Virgin Islands ◽  
Cleaning Behaviour ◽  
Large Groups ◽  
Patterns Of Interaction ◽  
Cleaning Stations ◽  
Fish Clients

Little is known about the cleaning behaviour of shrimps in comparison to that of cleaner fish, and only recently have cleaner shrimps been shown to remove parasites effectively from coral reef fish. Here we describe patterns of cleaning interactions between Pederson shrimpAncylomenes pedersoniand fish clients in St Thomas, US Virgin Islands. Clients observed here were members of at least 16 fish families, including three previously unreported client families. Most cleans lasted <20 seconds; surgeonfish were cleaned most frequently, but lizardfish and groupers received the longest cleans. The shrimp formed social groups of varying sizes on individuals of the host sea anemoneBartholomea annulata, which served as the centres of their cleaning stations. The number and duration of cleans per station increased with the number of resident shrimp, however most anemones hosted small groups of fewer than four individuals, while larger groups of up to nine individuals were relatively rare. Some client fish chased away other fish and competitively excluded them from anemone stations. We conclude that these shrimp clean a wide diversity of clients, vary their clean duration with fish identity, and clean more when in large groups. In addition, clients in part control these patterns of interaction by interfering with access to these stations by other clients.

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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