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

SJ Brandl, MJ Emslie, DM Ceccarelli… - Ecosphere, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
… richness declined sharply in response to extensive habitat degradation. We … different
response of coral reef fish assemblages to habitat degradation is rooted in the nature of coral reef

Similar functional composition of fish assemblages despite contrasting levels of habitat degradation on shallow Caribbean coral reefs

M Olán-González, P Briones-Fourzán… - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
… In the marine realm, coral reefs are highly diverse ecosystems encompassing … habitat
degradation in many Caribbean coral reefs has increased the functional similarity of fish

High vulnerability of ecosystem function and services to diversity loss in Caribbean coral reefs

F Micheli, PJ Mumby, DR Brumbaugh, K Broad… - Biological …, 2014 - Elsevier
… Specifically, we use data from field surveys of fish assemblagesdecreases in species
diversity might lead to loss of ecosystem function and services in these and other highly diverse

Effects of coral bleaching and coral loss on the structure and function of reef fish assemblages

MS Pratchett, CA Thompson, AS Hoey… - Coral bleaching …, 2018 - Springer
… functions that support diverse assemblages of coral reef fishes. … widespread habitat
degradation due to increasing incidence … Highly diverse and productive assemblages of coral reef

Functional diversity measures revealed impacts of non-native species and habitat degradation on species-poor freshwater fish assemblages

N Colin, S Villéger, M Wilkes, A De Sostoa… - Science of the Total …, 2018 - Elsevier
… and richness values were very low. As altitude declined below 500 m FD indices increased
rapidly, whereas … These traits are very different from those of native species, and non-native …

Functional versatility supports coral reef biodiversity

DR Bellwood, PC Wainwright… - Proceedings of the …, 2006 - royalsocietypublishing.org
We explore the role of specialization in supporting species coexistence in high-diversity
from the Great Barrier Reef. We find that wrasses, despite their morphological diversity, exhibit …

Habitat degradation negatively affects auditory settlement behavior of coral reef fishes

TAC Gordon, HR Harding, KE Wong… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
Coral reefs are subject to intense and increasing damage from anthropogenic climate …
play particularly important functional roles in promoting reef resilience (6, 7). The reported …

Morphological and ecological trait diversity reveal sensitivity of herbivorous fish assemblages to coral reef benthic conditions

L Pombo-Ayora, DJ Coker, S Carvalho, G Short… - Marine environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
increased capacity to maintain macroalgal biomass growth. … able to identify what key
functional roles are present in each … at a reef scale within the herbivorous fish assemblage. This …

[HTML][HTML] Response of functional diversity of fish communities to habitat alterations in small lowland rivers

F Stefani, E Fasola, L Marziali, P Tirozzi… - Biodiversity and …, 2024 - Springer
… Freshwaters ecosystems are highly affected by habitat loss or fragmentation, eutrophication,
Fish assemblages functional richness was showed to increase in ecosystems impacted by …

Deficits in functional trait diversity following recovery on coral reefs

M McWilliam, MS Pratchett… - … of the Royal …, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
… in the functional trait diversity of coral assemblages through … -based dissimilarities among
taxa: growth rate, skeletal density, … , a highly resilient assemblage could recover to its original