… 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 …

… 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 …

… Specifically, we use data from field surveys of fish assemblages … decreases in species
diversity might lead to loss of ecosystem function and services in these and other highly diverse …

… functions that support diverse assemblages of coral reef fishes. … widespread habitat
degradation due to increasing incidence … Highly diverse and productive assemblages of coral reef …

… 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 …

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 …

… 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 …

… 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 …

… Freshwaters ecosystems are highly affected by habitat loss or fragmentation, eutrophication,
… Fish assemblages functional richness was showed to increase in ecosystems impacted by …

… 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 …