The trophic status of herbivorous fishes on coral reefs

By JH Choat, Kendall D. Clements, W. Robbins. 2002

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Subfields: Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Molecular Biology

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Integrating ecological roles and trophic diversification on coral reefs: multiple lines of evidence identify parrotfishes as microphages (2016, background): “In contrast, surgeonfishes with diets dominated by turfing and macroscopic algae (Jones, 1968; Choat et al., 2002) have demographic profiles characterized by asymptotic growth patterns, extended life spans and reduced annual levels of somatic growth and reproduction (Choat & Robertson, 2002; Taylor…”
Size-dependent variation in the functional role of the parrotfish Scarus rivulatus on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia (2008, result): “…of many herbivorous reef fish species and support previous studies, which found that many ‘herbivorous’ reef fishes (nominally herbivorous fishes sensu Choat et al. 2002) feed mostly on detritus and the EAM rather than macroalgae (e.g. Choat et al. 2002, Wilson et al. 2003, Crossman et al. 2005).”
Geographical gradients of marine herbivorous fishes: patterns and processes (2005, unknown): “Although species in the detritivore assemblage are not ‘true herbivores’ (sensu Choat et al. 2002; 2004), they ingest around 30 to 40% of algae and seagrass material in Brazilian coral reefs (C.E.L.F. manuscript).”
Remote video bioassays reveal the potential feeding impact of the rabbitfish Siganus canaliculatus (f: Siganidae) on an inner-shelf reef of the Great Barrier Reef (2008, background): “Fish species included in the study were herbivorous and ‘‘nominally’’ herbivorous (sensu Choat et al. 2002) members of the families Labridae (parrotfishes), Acanthuridae, Siganidae and Kyphosidae.”
Foraging activity of roving herbivorous reef fish (Acanthuridae and Scaridae) in eastern Brazil: influence of resource availability and interference competition (2009, background): “Although these latter results support the hypothesis of a relationship between diet and feeding rates (Choat et al., 2002), results supporting the opposite hypothesis were also obtained.”
Multiple disturbances and the global degradation of coral reefs: are reef fishes at risk or resilient? (2006, background): “Accordingly, the abundance of several fish species that feed on algae and associated detrital resources (EAM or EAM feeders) might be expected to increase following perturbations of reef habitats (Sheppard et al., 2002).”
Selective predation by parrotfishes on the reef coral Porites astreoides (2005, background): “However, recent work on IndoPacific parrotfishes suggests that certain herbivorous species might be more accurately classified as detritivores (Crossman et al. 2001, Choat et al. 2002,2004, Wilson et al. 2003).”
Feeding complementarity versus redundancy among herbivorous fishes on a Caribbean reef (2011, background): “…can be predicted based on factors such as phylogeny (Bellwood 1994; Streelman et al. 2002), feeding morphology and digestive physiology (Bellwood and Choat 1990; Bellwood 1994; Choat et al. 2002, 2004), feeding behavior (Bruggemann et al. 1994), or body size (Bellwood 1995; Bellwood et al. 2003).”