Functional ecology of fish: current approaches and future challenges

S Villéger, S Brosse, M Mouchet, D Mouillot, MJ Vanni - Aquatic Sciences, 2017 - Springer
Fish communities face increasing anthropogenic pressures in freshwater and marine
ecosystems that modify their biodiversity and threaten the services they supply to human …

Linked sustainability challenges and trade-offs among fisheries, aquaculture and agriculture

JL Blanchard, RA Watson, EA Fulton… - Nature ecology & …, 2017 - nature.com
Fisheries and aquaculture make a crucial contribution to global food security, nutrition and
livelihoods. However, the UN Sustainable Development Goals separate marine and …

Marine reserves can mitigate and promote adaptation to climate change

CM Roberts, BC O'Leary, DJ McCauley… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - pnas.org
Strong decreases in greenhouse gas emissions are required to meet the reduction trajectory
resolved within the 2015 Paris Agreement. However, even these decreases will not avert …

Mechanisms and ecological role of carbon transfer within coastal seascapes

GA Hyndes, I Nagelkerken, RJ McLeod… - Biological …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Worldwide, coastal systems provide some of the most productive habitats, which potentially
influence a range of marine and terrestrial ecosystems through the transfer of nutrients and …

Fish‐derived nutrient hotspots shape coral reef benthic communities

AA Shantz, MC Ladd, E Schrack… - Ecological …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Animal‐derived nutrients play an important role in structuring nutrient regimes within and
between ecosystems. When animals undergo repetitive, aggregating behavior through time …

Context‐dependent effects of nutrient loading on the coral–algal mutualism

AA Shantz, DE Burkepile - Ecology, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Human‐mediated increases in nutrient availability alter patterns of primary production,
impact species diversity, and threaten ecosystem function. Nutrients can also alter …

Nutrient supply from fishes facilitates macroalgae and suppresses corals in a Caribbean coral reef ecosystem

DE Burkepile, JE Allgeier, AA Shantz, CE Pritchard… - Scientific reports, 2013 - nature.com
On coral reefs, fishes can facilitate coral growth via nutrient excretion; however, as coral
abundance declines, these nutrients may help facilitate increases in macroalgae. By …

Consumers regulate nutrient limitation regimes and primary production in seagrass ecosystems

JE Allgeier, LA Yeager, CA Layman - Ecology, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Consumer‐mediated nutrient supply is increasingly recognized as an important functional
process in many ecosystems. Yet, experimentation at relevant spatial and temporal scales is …

Diel movements of fishes linked to benthic seascape structure in a Caribbean coral reef ecosystem

S Hitt, SJ Pittman, RS Nemeth - Marine Ecology Progress Series, 2011 - int-res.com
Many common fishes associated with Caribbean coral reef ecosystems use resources from
more than 1 patch type during routine daily foraging activities. Few studies have provided …

Consistent nutrient storage and supply mediated by diverse fish communities in coral reef ecosystems

JE Allgeier, CA Layman, PJ Mumby… - Global Change …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Corals thrive in low nutrient environments and the conservation of these globally imperiled
ecosystems is largely dependent on mitigating the effects of anthropogenic nutrient …