Depth and habitat are important drivers of abundance for predatory reef fish off Pemba Island, Tanzania

KE Osuka, BD Stewart, M Samoilys, CJ McClean… - Marine Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Coral reefs across the world face significant threats from fishing and climate change, which
tends to be most acute in shallower waters. This is the case off Pemba Island, Tanzania, yet …

Variation in abundance, diversity and composition of coral reef fishes with increasing depth at a submerged shoal in the northern Great Barrier Reef

ME Scott, SB Tebbett, KL Whitman… - Reviews in Fish Biology …, 2022 - Springer
Coral reef fishes often exhibit specific or restricted depth distributions, but the factors (biotic
or abiotic) that influence patterns of depth use are largely unknown. Given inherent …

Highly diverse mesophotic reef fish communities in Raja Ampat, West Papua

DA Andradi-Brown, AJE Beer, L Colin, Hastuti… - Coral Reefs, 2021 - Springer
Mesophotic coral ecosystems (MCEs; reefs 30–150 m depth) are poorly studied, with
existing research heavily geographically biased away from the most species-rich reef …

Depth and habitat determine assemblage structure of South Africa's warm-temperate reef fish

ER Heyns-Veale, ATF Bernard, NB Richoux, D Parker… - Marine biology, 2016 - Springer
Depth and habitat are important predictors of fish assemblage structure, yet current no-take
marine protected area (MPA) networks are generally limited to providing refuge for fish …

Depth, bay position and habitat structure as determinants of coral reef fish distributions: Are deep reefs a potential refuge?

C MacDonald, TCL Bridge, GP Jones - Marine Ecology Progress Series, 2016 - int-res.com
Increasing disturbance frequency and severity on coral reefs has caused declines in the
abundance of structurally complex corals and many fish species that depend on them …

Baited video reveal fish diversity in the vast inter-reef habitats of a marine tropical lagoon

F Baletaud, A Gilbert, D Mouillot, JM Come, L Vigliola - Marine Biodiversity, 2022 - Springer
Tropical inter-reefs represent a vast overlooked marine ecosystem that occurs between coral
reefs and across the shelf. We deployed 60 baited remote underwater video stations …

Broadening our horizons: seascape use by coral reef-associated fishes in Kavieng, Papua New Guinea, is common and diverse

K Sambrook, MC Bonin, M Bradley, GS Cumming… - Coral Reefs, 2020 - Springer
There is increasing evidence that non-reef habitats in the seascape surrounding coral reefs
are widely used by reef-associated fishes. However, our understanding of seascape use in …

Evidence for a depth refuge effect in artisanal coral reef fisheries

EHM Tyler, MR Speight, P Henderson, A Manica - Biological Conservation, 2009 - Elsevier
Natural refuges can play a fundamental role in protecting species from overexploitation but
have not been adequately quantified in the marine environment. We quantified the effect of a …

[图书][B] A preliminary assessment of exploited reef-fish populations at Kamiali Wildlife Management Area, Papua New Guinea

KR Longenecker, A Allison, H Bolick, S James… - 2009 - hbs.bishopmuseum.org
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Kamiali Initiative is a Bishop-Museum-led project to develop a
self-sustaining cycle of environmental conservation, scientific research, and economic …

Evidence of artisanal fishing impacts and depth refuge in assemblages of Fijian reef fish

JS Goetze, TJ Langlois, DP Egli, ES Harvey - Coral Reefs, 2011 - Springer
Protection from fishing generally results in an increase in the abundance and biomass of
species targeted by fisheries within marine reserve boundaries. Natural refuges such as …