Consumption of coral propagules represents a significant trophic link between corals and reef fish

By M. Pratchett, N. Gust, G. Goby, S. O. Klanten. Coral reefs, 2001

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Subfields: Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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Effects of climate-induced coral bleaching on coral-reef fishes - ecological and economic consequences (2008, background): “These relationships notwithstanding, specialist species are expected to be disproportionately affected by changes in resource availability, compared with generalist counterparts (Munday 2004a, Pratchett et al. 2006, Figure 6). both Munday (2004a) and Pratchett et al.”
Mass coral spawning: A natural large‐scale nutrient addition experiment (2008, background): “…of phytodetritus from phytoplankton and benthic microalgae (BMA) stimulated by nutrient release associated with spawning (Glud et al. 2008) and deposition of fecal pellets from fish and zooplankton that feed on spawning material (Westneat and Resing 1988; Baird et al. 2001; Pratchett et al. 2001).”
Ecological and genetic aspects of reproductive isolation by different spawning times in Acropora corals (2003, background): “Predation pressure should act equally on both, since newly released coral gametes are rarely consumed in the dark period (Fadlallah 1996; Pratchett et al. 2001 ) and embryos/ larvae of both will be randomly consumed by fish predators in the daytime following the mass spawning.”
Effects of global climate change on marine and estuarine fishes and fisheries (2004, background): “Some species forage on the gametes or larvae of corals (Prachett et al., 2001).”
Effects of benthic algae on the replenishment of corals and the implications for the resilience of coral reefs (2008, background): “Water movements may affect gamete dilution and fertilisation success (e.g., oliver & babcock 1992), delivery or retention of larvae on a reef and larval vulnerability to benthic (lindquist 1996, Fabricius & Metzner 2004) and near-reef predators (baird et al. 2001, pratchett et al. 2001).”
Multiple disturbances and the global degradation of coral reefs: are reef fishes at risk or resilient? (2006, background): “Although most fishes appear highly versatile and opportunistic in their use of available resources (Pratchett et al., 2001; Bellwood et al., 2003), there is increasing evidence that some fishes are highly specialized in their use of certain prey (Pratchett, 2005) and/or habitat types (Munday et…”
“Sublethal effects of coral bleaching on an obligate coral feeding butterflyfish” (2004, methodology): “Physiological condition of C. lunulatus was quantified using hepatocyte vacuolation (the proportion of hepatic tissues occupied by intracellular vacuoles), following Pratchett et al. (2001).”