Differences in fish-assemblage structure between fished and unfished atolls in the northern Line Islands, central Pacific

By E. DeMartini, A. Friedlander, Stuart Sandin, E. Sala. 2008

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Subfields: Ecology, Global and Planetary Change

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Coral reef benthic regimes exhibit non-linear threshold responses to natural physical drivers (2015, background): “…coral reef ecosystem therefore represents a biodiversity hotspot in the central Pacific (Williams et al. 2008, Maragos & Williams 2011), characterized by a high cover of calcifying benthic organisms (Williams et al. 2013) and high predatory fish biomass (DeMartini et al. 2008, Sandin et al. 2008).”
Spatial patterns of the structure of reef fish assemblages at a pristine atoll in the central Pacific (2010, background): “Surveys of the fishes of uninhabited, remote sites in the northwestern Hawaiian Islands and the northern Line Islands (Friedlander & DeMartini 2002, DeMartini et al. 2008, Sandin et al. 2008) strongly support historical reports of great fish abundance and predator domination that characterized…”
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: an assessment of coral reef fishes in the US Pacific Islands (2013, methodology): “Coral reef fisheries tend to exploit multiple species (Jennings and Polunin 1996a), with the primary targets oftentimes being large-bodied species such as sharks, groupers, snappers, jacks, parrotfishes, and wrasses (Roberts 1995; Jennings and Kaiser 1998; Pauly et al. 1998; Choat et al. 2006; DeMar”
When good intentions are not enough … Insights on networks of “paper park” marine protected areas (2013, background): “Capture in LBNP follows this trend, and the trophic group distribution there (Rife et al. in review) is characteristic of a degraded ecosystem (DeMartini et al. 2008).”
Effects of protection from fishing on the lengths of targeted and non-targeted fish species at the Houtman Abrolhos Islands, Western Australia (2009, background): “Furthermore, the removal of large high-trophic-level fish species from an ecosystem is likely to have significant indirect effects on their prey and competitors, and ultimately on the ecosystem’s assemblage structure and dynamics as a whole (DeMartini et al. 2008).”
Extinction of a shark population in the Archipelago of Saint Paul's Rocks (equatorial Atlantic) inferred from the historical record (2011, background): “Shark populations worldwide have been depleted by overfishing (Worm and Myers, 2003; Robbins et al., 2006; Dulvy et al., 2008), but apparently persist at high abundance at a few remote and uninhabited islands and atolls (Stevenson et al., 2007; DeMartini et al., 2008; Sandin et al., 2008).”
Long-term movement patterns and trophic ecology of blacktip reef sharks (Carcharhinus melanopterus) at Palmyra Atoll (2010, background): “…rights reserved. doi:10.1016/j.jembe.2010.02.009 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology j ourna l homepage: www.e lsev ie r.com/ locate / jmarsys that constitutes up to 60% of the total fish biomass (DeMartini et al., 2008; Sandin et al., 2008).”