Integrating eDNA metabarcoding and simultaneous underwater visual surveys to describe complex fish communities in a marine biodiversity hotspot

T Valdivia‐Carrillo, A Rocha‐Olivares… - Molecular Ecology …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Marine biodiversity can be surveyed using underwater visual censuses and recently with
eDNA metabarcoding. Although a promising tool, eDNA studies have shown contrasting …

Patterns of reef fish taxonomic and functional diversity in the Eastern Tropical Pacific

A Dubuc, JP Quimbayo, JJ Alvarado, T Araya‐Arce… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
A core challenge in ecology is identifying the factors that determine species distribution and
functional diversity of species assemblages. Reef fish are the most diverse group of …

Mesophotic reefs are not refugia for neither taxonomic nor functional diversity of reef fishes

N Loiseau, S Villéger, C Le Bozec, M Gimenez… - Coral Reefs, 2023 - Springer
Mesophotic reefs, defined as reefs between 30 m and 150 m, have been less investigated
than their shallower counterparts. Yet, more protected from human activities and bleaching …

[HTML][HTML] The mesophotic zone of the marine protected area Espíritu Santo, Gulf of California, can function as a refuge for the ichthyofauna

P Silva-Montoya, G Ramírez-Ortiz… - Deep Sea Research …, 2024 - Elsevier
Research on mesophotic reefs has increased thanks to technological advances such as
remotely operated vehicles (ROV). The aim of this study was to evaluate differences in …

Warming and marine heatwaves tropicalize rocky reefs communities in the Gulf of California

F Favoretto, C Sánchez, O Aburto-Oropeza - Progress in Oceanography, 2022 - Elsevier
Globally, marine communities are experiencing gradual warming and extreme heatwaves
causing species to shift in geographic range. As a result, the biological assemblages outside …

Similar functional composition of fish assemblages despite contrasting levels of habitat degradation on shallow Caribbean coral reefs

M Olán-González, P Briones-Fourzán… - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Functional trait-based approaches provide an opportunity to assess how changes in habitat
affect the structure of associated communities. Global analyses have found a similarity in the …

Fish diversity divergence between tropical eastern pacific and tropical western Atlantic coral reefs

M Olán-González, H Reyes-Bonilla… - … Biology of Fishes, 2020 - Springer
A comparison of fish diversity was carried out among 45 sites within four localities in the
Mexican Tropical Western Atlantic (TWA) and Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) regions …

Functional diversity of reef fish assemblages in the Galapagos Archipelago

SJ McKinley, BJ Saunders, E Rastoin-Laplane… - Journal of Experimental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Galapagos Archipelago's unique reef biodiversity and distribution patterns are
relatively well understood compared to the study of local functional diversity processes. We …

Greater resilience of reef fish assemblages in a no-take reserve compared to multi-use areas of the Gulf of California

G Ramírez-Ortiz, EF Balart, H Reyes-Bonilla… - Progress in …, 2022 - Elsevier
Conservation strategies, such as the establishment of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), aim
to safeguard biodiversity and to promote resilience of ecosystems by increasing their …

Reduced fish diversity despite increased fish biomass in a Gulf of California Marine Protected Area

G Ramírez-Ortiz, H Reyes-Bonilla, EF Balart, D Olivier… - PeerJ, 2020 - peerj.com
Multi-use marine protected areas (MUMPAs) are a commonly applied tool for marine
conservation in developing countries, particularly where large no-take reserves are not …