… The risk of localized extinction, however, is higher in some areas, particularly in the Coral …
for the prevention of species loss in these groups of important and iconic coral reef fishes. …

… , however, is higher in some areas, particularly in the Coral … loss in these groups of important
and iconic coral reef fishes. … components of the herbivore/ detritivore functional feeding …

… Regardless of these singularities, Brazilian reefs share common adversities of reefs
elsewhere, ultimately leading to the demise of coral reefs as we know. Sediment load and nutrient …

… The likelihood of extinction of iconic and dominant herbivores and … , we emphasize that a
low extinction risk affords no grounds for complacency about the future of coral reef ecosystems…

… BA, Clements KD and others (2012) The likelihood of extinction of iconic and dominant
herbivores and detritivores of coral reefs: the parrotfishes and surgeonfishes. PLoS ONE 7:…

… Some researchers have reported in the literature that they consider the species that is
found in the “Ten Thousand Islands” area are extinct, as the reefs were formed during the last …

… All such cases are, like the famous Galápagos Islands, priceless evolutionary laboratories. …
scraps of living coral, like elephants about diminishing waterholes. Herbivorous fishes, …

… iconic ecosystems are only now being explored in the detail that their present plight demands
– there is a plethora of threats to coral … assumed to be largely herbivorous. For instance, …

… , even in highly diverse systems like coral reefs, we can no … has triggered a sixth mass
extinction crisis worldwide (1). This … to seven trophic categories: herbivorous-detritivorous (ie, fish …

… threatened with extinction, temperate demersal fish and coral reef … food web from the
herbivores/detritivores (Labridae: Scarinae… , which consume live coral) to the herbivores/detritivores/…