Are deep-water corals important habitats for fishes?

By P. Auster. 2005

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Subfields: Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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Deep cold‐water corals as nurseries for fish larvae (2012, background): “However, contrary to the association between shallow coral reefs and fish, the exact relationship between CWCs and fish is not clear (Auster 2005), and CWCs are mostly considered to be facultative habitat (important but non-essential for the survival of a species).”
The fish fauna associated with deep coral banks off the southeastern United States (2007, background): “Whether corals themselves or only the structure made by the corals (with its related benefits) are the attracting factors is unclear (Auster, 2005); nevertheless, corals are a major contributor to deep-sea habitat complexity and structure (Roberts et al., 2006).”
When the species is also a habitat: Comparing the predictively modelled distributions of Lophelia pertusa and the reef habitat it forms (2011, background): “They may also have an important role as essential fish habitat but this is not yet clear (Husebø et al., 2002; Auster, 2005; Costello et al., 2005).”
Biological structures as a source of habitat heterogeneity and biodiversity on the deep ocean margins (2010, methodology): “Auster (2005), using fish census ROV data from the Gulf of Maine, found that habitats dominated by dense corals and epifauna are functionally equivalent to other, less complex habitats, such as boulders with sparse coral cover.”
Coral habitat in the Aleutian Islands of Alaska: depth distribution, fine-scale species associations, and fisheries interactions (2006, background): “Auster (2005) proposes that the examination of the distribution of fish in relation to all available habitats is one method to assess the ‘‘essential’’ role of emergent epifauna.”