Limited functional redundancy in high diversity systems: resilience and ecosystem function on coral reefs

By D. Bellwood, A. Hoey, JH Choat. 2003

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Subfields: Ecology, Global and Planetary Change

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Changes in Biodiversity and Functioning of Reef Fish Assemblages following Coral Bleaching and Coral Loss (2011, background): “Recent studies have shown that even the functional redundancy of herbivores appears to have been overestimated, with single species performing a disproportionate role in ecosystem processes [30,117].”
Structural complexity mediates functional structure of reef fish assemblages among coral habitats (2017, background): “Although the functional importance of fish such as cardinalfish is not well understood, a loss of functional richness and ecological complementarity among fish can have important and unexpected consequences for ecosystem function (Bellwood et al. 2003).”
Impact of coral predators on tropical reefs (2008, background): “Although largely non-selective, B. muricatum avoids Montipora species (Hoey & Bellwood 2008) and instead prefers fast-growing acroporid and pocillo- porid corals (Bellwood et al. 2003), and thus may help to promote overall coral diversity by maintaining space for slower-growing coral species.”
Capturing the cornerstones of coral reef resilience: linking theory to practice (2008, background): “…2008), discussions and speculations regarding the resilience of coral reefs have flourished over the recent years (e.g., Nyström et al. 2000; McClanahan et al. 2002; Bellwood et al. 2003; Hughes et al. 2003, 2007; West and Salm 2003; McManus and Polsenberg 2004; Obura 2005; Mumby et al. 2007a, b).”
Function and “functioning” in ecology: what does it mean? (2005, background): “…functions (processes) seems to depend very much on the specific processes, species groups, and systems considered (Martinez 1996, Cardinale et al. 2000, Schwartz et al. 2000, Bellwood et al. 2003), even if biodiversity is considered just in terms of species numbers (but see Bengtsson 1998).”
Functional diversity responses to changing species richness in reef fish communities (2008, background): “…of functional groups with single or a few, but abundant, species can have profound impacts on overall community structure and function (e.g. Bellwood et al. 2003, 2004), while the loss of other functional groups with single, but numerically rare, species may have relatively little…”
Cross-shelf variation in the role of parrotfishes on the Great Barrier Reef (2008, methodology): “the only parrotfish considered to be a major coral predator (Bellwood et al. 2003).”
Methods of assessing extinction risk in marine fishes. (2004, background): “for functionality, stability or resilience (Bellwood et al. 2003; Dulvy et al. 2004), than the loss of a small number of individuals of a rare species.”
Quantifying herbivory across a coral reef depth gradient (2007, methodology): “Indo-Pacific examples are largely restricted to measurement of parrotfish bioerosion (e.g. Bellwood et al. 2003) and algal ingestion rates of selected parrotfish, surgeonfish, or damselfish species (e.g. Polunin & Klumpp 1992, Polunin et al. 1995).”
Coral reef cascades and the indirect effects of predator removal by exploitation (2004, background): “The collapse in predatory fishes is reflected by the local and regional extinction of more than 50 fish populations in the last century (Bellwood et al. 2003; Dulvy et al. 2003; Baum & Myers 2004).”
Effects of climate-induced coral bleaching on coral-reef fishes - ecological and economic consequences (2008, background): “…important herbivorous fishes, this protection may be fundamental to rapid recovery of coral communities following climate-induced coral bleaching (bellwood et al. 2003, hughes et al. 2007). however, marine protected areas must be recognised as a small part of the solution to problems faced by…”
Monitoring functional groups of herbivorous reef fishes as indicators of coral reef resilience : a practical guide for coral reef managers in the Asia Pacific region (2009, background): “Large excavating parrotfishes play a key role in bioerosion by excavating the surface of the reef matrix or living coral as they feed (Bellwood and Choat 1990, Choat 1991, Bellwood 1995, Bellwood et al 2003).”
Critical natural capital revisited: Ecological resilience and sustainable development (2009, methodology): “Bellwood et al., 2003; Nystrom, 2006), or as a boundary object, a term that facilitates communication across disciplinary borders, i.e.”
Remote video bioassays reveal the potential feeding impact of the rabbitfish Siganus canaliculatus (f: Siganidae) on an inner-shelf reef of the Great Barrier Reef (2008, background): “For example, parrotfishes (f: Labridae) have been widely recognized as a key component of the coral reef herbivore community in terms of their impact on the ecosystem as grazers and bioeroders of the reef substratum (e.g. Bellwood et al. 2003, Mumby et al. 2006).”
The non-linear relationship between body size and function in parrotfishes (2008, background): “The importance of parrotWshes for coral reef resilience has been addressed elsewhere ( Bellwood et al. 2003, 2004; Mumby et al. 2006), but little is known about how reduction in body size may inXuence ecosystem functions.”