TERRITORIAL DAMSELFISHES AS DETERMINANTS OF THE STRUCTURE OF BENTHIC COMMUNITIES ON CORAL REEFS

By D. Ceccarelli, Geoffrey P. Jones, L. McCook. 2001

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

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Larval growth history determines juvenile growth and survival in a tropical marine fish (2004, background): “Territorial damselfishes are known to influence the small scale distribution of other fish species that may prey on benthic eggs and small fish (Ceccarelli et al. 2001; such as the wrasse, Thalassoma lunare ), particularly during the reproductive season when adults are guarding eggs.”
Modification of benthic communities by territorial damselfish: a multi-species comparison (2007, methodology): “Given the inXuence of damselWsh on the feeding behaviour of other grazers (Robertson et al. 1976; Doherty 1983; Hata and Kato 2004) and on the benthos inside their own territories (reviewed by Ceccarelli et al. 2001), the overall importance of the damselWsh community on coral reefs is considerable.”
Feeding complementarity versus redundancy among herbivorous fishes on a Caribbean reef (2011, unknown): “Although damselfishes can have important impacts on benthic communities (Ceccarelli et al. 2001) and many damselfish species show important similarities and differences in feeding patterns (e.”
Latitudinal gradients in Atlantic reef fish communities: trophic structure and spatial use patterns (2004, background): “On many tropical reefs, territorial damselfishes are extremely abundant, and the areas they defend can occupy >70–80% of the surface of some reef habitats (Robertson & Lassig, 1980; Ferreira et al., 1998a; Ceccarelli et al., 2001).”
PRIORITY EFFECTS IN CORAL REEF FISH COMMUNITIES (2003, background): “Second, unlike specific types of habitat or dense aggregations of conspecifics, piscivores and competitors are taxonomically diverse and relatively ubiquitous (reviews by Hixon 1991, Ceccarelli et al. 2001).”
Changes in Biodiversity and Functioning of Reef Fish Assemblages following Coral Bleaching and Coral Loss (2011, background): “Species were subsequently assigned to secondary functional groups based on feeding mode [91], diet [60,89,92], and behavior [93].”
Trophic structure patterns of Brazilian reef fishes: a latitudinal comparison (2004, background): “On many tropical reefs, territorial fishes are extremely abundant and the areas they defend can occupy more than 70–80% of the surface of some reef habitats (e.g. Ferreira et al., 1998a; Ceccarelli et al., 2001).”
Effects of benthic algae on the replenishment of corals and the implications for the resilience of coral reefs (2008, background): “…paragraph). potts (1977) suggested that damselfish behaviour may facilitate algal impacts on corals by favouring accumulation of algal biomass, although territorial defence may also reduce damage to coral recruits from larger herbivores (sammarco & carleton 1981; see also ceccarelli et al. 2001).”