Fishes that feed from live corals (corallivores) are a conspicuous component of healthy coral
reef environments. However, knowledge of the occurrence and ecological significance of …

It is well known that herbivores have numerous and diverse impacts on plant and algal
fitness, community structure and ecosystem function. The importance of corallivory as a …

Global climate change is having devastating effects on habitat structure in coralreef
ecosystems owing to extreme environmental sensitivities and consequent bleaching of …

Outbreaks of the coral-killing seastar Acanthaster planci are intense disturbances that can
decimate coral reefs. These events consist of the emergence of large swarms of the …

The biodiversity of coral reefs is dominated by invertebrates. Many of these invertebrates live
in close association with scleractinian corals, relying on corals for food, habitat or settlement …

Global reductions in biodiversity and the accelerating loss and degradation of many of the
world's ecosystems have intensified research into the roles of species in ecosystem …

Coral reefs occur in a variety of situations in the Atlantic, Pacific and lndian Oceans, which
involve great differences in the degree of isolation from surrounding shallow-water …

The objective of this work is to identify which substrata characteristics (such as coral
morphology, coral diversity, coral species richness, percentage coverage by live coral or by …

Coral Reef Fishes is the successor of The Ecology of Fishes on Coral Reefs. This new
edition includes provocative reviews covering the major areas of reef fish ecology. Concerns …

Herbivorous fishes are a key functional group on coral reefs. These fishes are central to the
capacity of reefs to resist phase shifts and regenerate after disturbance. Despite this …