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Dietary resilience of coral reef fishes to habitat degradation. [PDF]

J Anim Ecol
Metabarcoding of gut contents shows that two common benthic‐feeding reef fishes with different feeding stratgies—a butterflyfish (Chaetodon capistratus) and a hamlet (Hypoplectrus puella)—shift diets on degraded reefs. These shifts mirror contrasting patterns in body condition: butterflyfish showed strong individual variation, whereas condition was ...
Clever F, Preziosi RF, Nguyen B, De Gracia B, Quintero Arrieta H, McMillan WO, Altieri AH, O'Dea A, Knowlton N, Leray M.   +9 more
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Survival, rarity, and extinction in tropical stony corals. [PDF]

Conserv Biol
Abstract Many reef‐building tropical corals are becoming rare. We considered the meaning of rarity in corals and highlighted taxa that have reached low abundances in the last few decades. The difficulties of quantifying rarity in the marine environment arise from the sheer scale and 3‐dimensional nature of the biome and the inherent challenges therein ...
Wilson B, Edmunds PJ.
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Success of restoration strategies in preventing extirpation of 2 critically endangered coral species. [PDF]

Conserv Biol
Abstract An unprecedented marine heatwave in 2023 caused widespread coral bleaching and mortality throughout the Caribbean. In the Florida Keys (USA), 2 foundation species, elkhorn coral (Acropora palmata) and staghorn coral (Acropora cervicornis), were severely affected.
Muller EM, Ladd MC, Karp R, Montoya-Maya PH, Kuffner IB, Baker AC, Bartels E, Bourque A, Clark AS, Cox N, D'Alessandro M, Daughtry B, Firchau B, Fix L, Gilliam D, Hesley D, Lewis C, Lirman D, Lustic C, Macauley K, Moore J, Nedimyer K, O'Neil K, Parsons KT, Smith KM, Spadaro J, Thomasson BC, Unsworth JD, Vaughan D, Miller MW.   +29 more
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Vulnerability of tropical fish communities across depth in the central Indian Ocean. [PDF]

Conserv Biol
Abstract Coral reefs and their fish communities below scuba diving depth (>30 m), in mesophotic coral ecosystems (MCEs) (∼30–150 m), in rariphotic (150–300 m), and in upper bathyal waters (300–500 m) are often underexplored, especially in the Indian Ocean.
Stefanoudis PV, de Villiers NM, Afzal MS, Amir H, Amjad F, Hashim AS, Jauharee AR, Palmer R, Rogers AD, Shimal M, Naeem S, Ahusan M, Woodall LC.   +12 more
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Effects of protection on large-bodied reef fishes in the western Indian Ocean. [PDF]

Conserv Biol
Abstract Predatory and large‐bodied coral reef fishes have fundamental roles in the functioning and biodiversity of coral reef ecosystems, but their populations are declining, largely due to overexploitation in fisheries. These fishes include sharks, groupers, Humphead wrasse (Cheilinus undulatus), and Green Humphead parrotfish (Bolbometopon muricatum).
Samoilys M, Osuka KE, Roche R, Koldewey H, Chabanet P.   +4 more
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Downscaling global reference points to assess the sustainability of local fisheries. [PDF]

Conserv Biol
Abstract Multispecies coral reef fisheries are typically managed by local communities who often lack research and monitoring capacity, which prevents estimation of well‐defined sustainable reference points to perform locally relevant fishery assessments.
Zamborain-Mason J, Connolly SR, MacNeil MA, Barnes ML, Bauman AG, Feary DA, Huertas V, Januchowski-Hartley FA, Lau JD, Mihalitsis M, Cinner JE.   +10 more
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The Nassau grouper Epinephelus striatus (Bloch, 1792): Monitoring of the spawning aggregation site 'El Blanquizal', southern Mexican Caribbean. [PDF]

J Fish Biol
Abstract ‘El Blanquizal’ was one of the most important Nassau grouper (Epinephelus striatus) spawning aggregation sites (SAS) in the Mexican Caribbean. However, the characteristics of the population that still uses this site for reproduction remain unknown.
Salgado Cruz L, Reyes Mendoza OF, Camacho-Cruz KA, Caamal Madrigal JA, Valdez Iuit JO, Pérez-Quiñonez CI, Arceo-Carranza D.   +6 more
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Incorporating cyclone risk in the design of marine protected and conserved areas as an ecosystem-based adaptation approach. [PDF]

Conserv Biol
Abstract Marine protected and conserved areas (MPCAs) are promoted as an ecosystem‐based adaptation (EbA) approach to increase community and ecosystem resilience to climate change. However, traditional approaches to MPCA design typically do not consider climate risk or habitat condition under a climate threat.
Giffin AL, Tulloch VJD, Andradi-Brown DA, Connolly RM, Malani-Tagicakibau U, Areki F, Brown CJ.   +6 more
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DNA barcoding of marine rocky reef fishes from northern Peru suggests a parapatric speciation in the Tropical Eastern Pacific. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
Using a DNA barcoding technique we found evidence that reinforce the hypotheses of how parapatric speciation could drive the origin of new species in the TEP. Abstract Northern Peru marks the end of an extensive coastal marine region: The Panama province, which is characterized by predominantly tropical and equatorial features and is home to the only ...
Zavala E, Britzke R, Siccha-Ramírez Z, Ramirez JL.   +3 more
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Island restoration to rebuild seabird populations and amplify coral reef functioning. [PDF]

Conserv Biol
Abstract Mobile organisms like seabirds can provide important nutrient flows between ecosystems, but this connectivity has been interrupted by the degradation of island ecosystems. Island restoration (via invasive species eradications and the restoration of native vegetation) can reestablish seabird populations and their nutrient transfers between ...
Dunn RE, Benkwitt CE, Maury O, Barrier N, Carr P, Graham NAJ.   +5 more
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