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| Darling, Emily S.; Graham, Nicholas A. J.; Januchowski-hartley, Fraser A.; Nash, Kirsty L.; Pratchett, Morgan S.; Wilson, Shaun K.. |
| With the ongoing loss of coral cover and the associated flattening of reef architecture, understanding the links between coral habitat and reef fishes is of critical importance. Here, we investigate whether considering coral traits and functional diversity provides new insights into the relationship between structural complexity and reef fish communities, and whether coral traits and community composition can predict structural complexity. Across 157 sites in Seychelles, Maldives, the Chagos Archipelago, and Australia's Great Barrier Reef, we find that structural complexity and reef zone are the strongest and most consistent predictors of reef fish abundance, biomass, species richness, and trophic structure. However, coral traits, diversity, and life... |
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Palavras-chave: Habitat diversity; Species traits; Functional ecology; Reef architecture; Scleractinian corals; Coral reef fish. |
| Ano: 2017 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00389/49997/74763.pdf |
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| Darling, Emily S.; Mcclanahan, Tim R.; Maina, Joseph; Gurney, Georgina G.; Graham, Nicholas A. J.; Januchowski-hartley, Fraser; Cinner, Joshua E.; Mora, Camilo; Hicks, Christina C.; Maire, Eva; Puotinen, Marji; Skirving, William J.; Adjeroud, Mehdi; Ahmadia, Gabby; Arthur, Rohan; Bauman, Andrew G.; Beger, Maria; Berumen, Michael L.; Bigot, Lionel; Bouwmeester, Jessica; Brenier, Ambroise; Bridge, Tom C. L.; Brown, Eric; Campbell, Stuart J.; Cannon, Sara; Cauvin, Bruce; Chen, Chaolun Allen; Claudet, Joachim; Denis, Vianney; Donner, Simon; Estradivari,; Fadli, Nur; Feary, David A.; Fenner, Douglas; Fox, Helen; Franklin, Erik C.; Friedlander, Alan; Gilmour, James; Goiran, Claire; Guest, James; Hobbs, Jean-paul A.; Hoey, Andrew S.; Houk, Peter; Johnson, Steven; Jupiter, Stacy D.; Kayal, Mohsen; Kuo, Chao-yang; Lamb, Joleah; Lee, Michelle A. C.; Low, Jeffrey; Muthiga, Nyawira; Muttaqin, Efin; Nand, Yashika; Nash, Kirsty L.; Nedlic, Osamu; Pandolfi, John M.; Pardede, Shinta; Patankar, Vardhan; Penin, Lucie; Ribas-deulofeu, Lauriane; Richards, Zoe; Roberts, T. Edward; Rodgers, Ku’ulei S.; Safuan, Che Din Mohd; Sala, Enric; Shedrawi, George; Sin, Tsai Min; Smallhorn-west, Patrick; Smith, Jennifer E.; Sommer, Brigitte; Steinberg, Peter D.; Sutthacheep, Makamas; Tan, Chun Hong James; Williams, Gareth J.; Wilson, Shaun; Yeemin, Thamasak; Bruno, John F.; Fortin, Marie-josée; Krkosek, Martin; Mouillot, David. |
| Without drastic efforts to reduce carbon emissions and mitigate globalized stressors, tropical coral reefs are in jeopardy. Strategic conservation and management requires identification of the environmental and socioeconomic factors driving the persistence of scleractinian coral assemblages—the foundation species of coral reef ecosystems. Here, we compiled coral abundance data from 2,584 Indo-Pacific reefs to evaluate the influence of 21 climate, social and environmental drivers on the ecology of reef coral assemblages. Higher abundances of framework-building corals were typically associated with: weaker thermal disturbances and longer intervals for potential recovery; slower human population growth; reduced access by human settlements and markets; and... |
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| Ano: 2019 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00512/62324/66605.pdf |
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