Graph-theoretic modeling reveals connectivity hotspots for herbivorous reef fishes in a restored tropical island system

EA Peterson, CE Stuart, SJ Pittman, CE Benkwitt… - Landscape …, 2024 - Springer
Context Seascape connectivity refers to how the spatial configuration of marine habitats
facilitates or hinders the movement of organisms, nutrients, materials or energy. Predicting …

Shortened food chain length in a fished versus unfished coral reef

HS Young, FO McCauley, F Micheli… - Ecological …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Direct exploitation through fishing is driving dramatic declines of wildlife populations in
ocean environments, particularly for predatory and large‐bodied taxa. Despite wide …

Newly Described Rhodolith Bed Complex Associated With Shallow Coral Reefs of Palmyra Atoll, Northern Line Islands

L Li, LS Goberdhan, A Giorgi, B French… - Aquatic …, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
Rhodolith beds are biogenic marine habitats formed by aggregations of free‐living crustose
coralline algae. New descriptions of rhodolith beds fill the gaps in our understanding of the …

Diel movement patterns in nominally nocturnal coral reef fishes (Haemulidae and Lutjanidae): Intra vs. Interspecific variation

WP Collins, DR Bellwood, RA Morais, NJ Waltham… - Coral Reefs, 2024 - Springer
Movement of animals, habitat connectivity, and nutrient transport are key elements in the
ecological functioning of coral reef ecosystems. However, most studies have focused on the …

Age, growth, and reproductive biology of Achilles tang (Acanthurus achilles) around Hawai'i Island, USA

TB Grabowski, R Masse, D McSwain, A Larson… - … Biology of Fishes, 2024 - Springer
A culturally important food fish in Hawai'i, Achilles tang (Acanthurus achilles Shaw), recently
experienced sharp declines in biomass, density, and average length in west Hawai'i Island …