Response to Comment on "Demographic dynamics of the smallest marine vertebrates fuel coral reef ecosystem functioning"

Response to Comment on "Demographic dynamics of the smallest marine vertebrates fuel coral reef ecosystem functioning"

Allgeier and Cline suggest that our model overestimates the contributions of cryptobenthic fishes to coral reef functioning. However, their 20-year model ignores the basic biological limits of population growth. If incorporated, cryptobenthic contributions to consumed fish biomass remain high (20 to...

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Veröffentlicht in:Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) 2019-12, Vol.366 (6472)
Hauptverfasser: Brandl, Simon J, Morais, Renato A, Casey, Jordan M, Parravicini, Valeriano, Tornabene, Luke, Goatley, Christopher H R, Côté, Isabelle M, Baldwin, Carole C, Schiettekatte, Nina M D, Bellwood, David R
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Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Animals
Biodiversity and Ecology
Biomass
Coral Reefs
Demography
Ecosystem
Environmental Sciences
Fishes
Population Dynamics
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Zusammenfassung:Allgeier and Cline suggest that our model overestimates the contributions of cryptobenthic fishes to coral reef functioning. However, their 20-year model ignores the basic biological limits of population growth. If incorporated, cryptobenthic contributions to consumed fish biomass remain high (20 to 70%). Disturbance cycles and uncertainties surrounding the fate of large fishes on decadal scales further demonstrate the important role of cryptobenthic fishes.
ISSN:0036-8075
1095-9203
DOI:10.1126/science.aaz1301