Effects of sheltering fish on growth of their host corals

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Habitat degradation increases functional originality in highly diverse coral reef fish assemblages (2016, background): “By feeding on zooplankton in the water column, these fishes contribute substantially to the transfer of nutrients from pelagic to benthic systems, potentially enhancing coral growth rate and nutrient uptake (Holbrook et al. 2008).”
Harnessing ecological processes to facilitate coral restoration (2018, unknown): “The structures created by living corals can aggregate fishes and concentrate fish-derived nutrients that increase coral growth (Holbrook et al. 2008).”
Ryther revisited: nutrient excretions by fishes enhance productivity of pelagic Sargassum in the western North Atlantic Ocean (2014, background): “…between partners and have been documented in a wide range of organisms including fishes to kelp (Bray et al., 1986), sponge to rhodophyte (Davy et al., 2002), fishes to coral (Holbrook et al., 2008; Meyer and Schultz, 1985a, 1985b), and anemonefishes to anemone (Fautin, 1991; Roopin et al., 2008).”