Trade-offs associated with dietary specialization in corallivorous butterflyfishes (Chaetodontidae: Chaetodon)

By Michael L. Berumen, M. Pratchett. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 2008

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Coral mortality versus structural collapse as drivers of corallivorous butterflyfish decline (2009, background): “…obligate coral-feeding species that only eat a limited suite of corals to generalist facultative coral feeders, for which coral represents a minor and potentially unimportant part of their diet (Irons 1989; Cox 1994; Berumen et al. 2005; Pratchett 2005; Graham 2007; Berumen and Pratchett 2008).”
Effects of climate-induced coral bleaching on coral-reef fishes - ecological and economic consequences (2008, background): “…is unknown (e.g., Pratchett et al. 2004) but it is clear that at least some species are strict specialists that use only a narrow range of coral types (e.g., Munday 2004a, berumen & Pratchett 2008) and loss of these habitats will have serious implications for their persistence (Munday 2002).”