Grazing pressure on coral reefs decreases across a wide depth gradient in the Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea

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Phase shift to algal dominated communities at mesophotic depths associated with lionfish (Pterois volitans) invasion on a Bahamian coral reef (2011, background): “However, the number of herbivorous fish has been shown to decline with depth into the mesophotic zone (Brokovich et al. 2008), and grazing pressure on mesophotic reefs is also low compared to shallow reefs (Brokovich et al. 2010).”
The status of coral reef ecology research in the Red Sea (2013, result): “In marked contrast, studies examining herbivory within the Red Sea have been largely restricted to descriptions of among-habitat variation in herbivore assemblages (e.g. Bouchon-Navaro and Harmelin-Vivien 1981; Brokovich et al. 2010).”
Assessing the ‘deep reef refugia’ hypothesis: focus on Caribbean reefs (2010, background): “For example, herbivory diminishes with depth (Hay et al. 1983; Brokovich et al. 2010) and key grazers, such as parrotfish and damselfish species are usually restricted to the shallower reef (\30 m; Liddell and Avery 2000).”
Community ecology of mesophotic coral reef ecosystems (2010, background): “Herbivore species abundance and richness declined sharply with depth (Brokovich et al. 2010).”