ArticleProceedings. Biological sciences2021
Coral reef fishes reveal strong divergence in the prevalence of traits along the global diversity gradient.
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- Advancing Symbiodiniaceae Functional Ecology Through a Trait-Based Framework.Ecology and evolution · 2026Review
- Seascape Connectivity Shapes Genetic and Species β-Diversity in Tropical Reef Fishes.Ecology and evolution · 2026Article
- Optimizing a Novel eDNA-Based Framework for Reef Fish Biodiversity Monitoring Using an Autonomous Filtration System and in situ Nanopore Sequencing.Ecology and evolution · 2026Article
- Exploring phylosymbiosis in the skin microbiome of coral reef fish: synergistic effects of environmental and host-specific factors.ISME communications · 2026Article
- Corallivorous Fish Have Reduced Population Sizes and Altered Foraging Behaviour on a Recently Restored Coral Reef.Global change biology · 2025Article
- Artificial Light Increases Nighttime Prevalence of Predatory Fishes, Altering Community Composition on Coral Reefs.Global change biology · 2024Article
- Beyond the Surface: Mesophotic Reefs as Potential Refuges for Shallow Fish Assemblages.Ecology and evolution · 2024Article
- Inferring the extinction risk of marine fish to inform global conservation priorities.PLoS biology · 2024Article
- Diversity across organisational scale emerges through dispersal ability and speciation dynamics in tropical fish.BMC biology · 2023Article
- Temperature, species identity and morphological traits predict carbonate excretion and mineralogy in tropical reef fishes.Nature communications · 2023Article
- Coral reef fishes reveal strong divergence in the prevalence of traits along the global diversity gradient.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2021Article
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Abstract
Coral reefs are experiencing declines due to climate change and local human impacts. While at a local scale these impacts induce biodiversity loss and shifts in community structure, previous biogeographical analyses recorded consistent taxonomic structure of fish communities across global coral reefs. This suggests that regional communities represent a random subset of the global species and traits pool, whatever their species richness. Using distributional data on 3586 fish species and latest advances in species distribution models, we show marked gradients in the prevalence of size classes and diet categories across the biodiversity gradient. This divergence in trait structure is best explained by reef isolation during past unfavourable climatic conditions, with large and piscivore fishes better represented in isolated areas. These results suggest the risk of a global community re-organization if the ongoing climate-induced reef fragmentation is not halted.
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