Habitat selection and aggression as determinants of spatial segregation among damselfish on a coral reef

By L. Bay, G. Jones, Mark I. McCormick. Coral reefs, 2001

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Modification of benthic communities by territorial damselfish: a multi-species comparison (2007, background): “So far, the group includes herbivores (Wilson and Bellwood 1997), detritivores (Zeller 1988), omnivores (Jones et al. 2006), and species that consume primarily microalgae (Robertson 1996; Bay et al. 2001).”
Influence of habitat degradation on fish replenishment (2010, background): “…associated with live coral (Beukers and Jones 1998), P. amboinensis, which inhabits rubble, dead coral and live coral patches at the base of reefs (McCormick 2009), and Dischistodus spp. (mostly D. perspicillatus), which inhabits sand and rubble patches adjacent to the reef edge (Bay et al. 2001).”
Reef fish community structure in the Tropical Eastern Pacific (Panamá): living on a relatively stable rocky reef environment (2006, background): “Possibly, habitat selection and interspecific aggression combine to determine the adult distribution of these species of Stegastes (Bay et al. 2001).”
Complex habitats may not always benefit prey: linking visual field with reef fish behavior and distribution (2007, background): “For site-attached, territorial prey species such as damselfish, habitat quality can be assessed at different spatial scales (Sale 1980, Bay et al. 2001), and processes occurring within each will interact to dictate fish distributions.”