Assessing the impact of global changes and protection effectiveness is a key step in
monitoring marine fishes. Most traditional census methods are demanding or destructive …

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 …

Diversity patterns are determined by biogeographic, energetic, and anthropogenic factors,
yet few studies have combined them into a large‐scale framework in order to decouple and …

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 …

The Galapagos archipelago's unique reef biodiversity and fish distribution patterns are well
documented. However, reef ecosystem vulnerability to losing functional diversity and the …

Osa Peninsula in remote southwest Costa Rica harbors 2.5% of global terrestrial biodiversity
in only 1,200 km2 and has the largest remaining tract of Pacific lowland wet forest in …

The benthic assemblage of reefs provides an important resource of food and habitat for reef
fishes. However, how benthic composition mediates reef fishes' biotic interactions at isolated …

Marine communities vary across spatial scales due to changes in habitat structure, wave
exposure, depth and anthropogenic activities. Here, we quantitatively characterized, for the …

The richness of Taiwanese reef fish species is inversely correlated to latitude as a direct
consequence of the abiotic environment and its effects on benthic habitats. However, to …

Mesophotic ecosystems are found at depths of the ocean defined by the amount of incident
light (1%-10% of light found at the surface). These ecosystems remain unexplored in many …