Response to Comment on “Demographic dynamics of the smallest marine vertebrates fuel coral reef ecosystem functioning”-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

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

Published:2019-12-20 Issue:6472 Volume:366 Page:
ISSN:0036-8075
Container-title:Science
language:en
Short-container-title:Science

Author:

Brandl Simon J.¹²^ORCID,Morais Renato A.³⁴^ORCID,Casey Jordan M.⁵⁶⁷^ORCID,Parravicini Valeriano⁵⁶^ORCID,Tornabene Luke⁸,Goatley Christopher H. R.⁹^ORCID,Côté Isabelle M.¹^ORCID,Baldwin Carole C.¹⁰^ORCID,Schiettekatte Nina M. D.⁵⁶^ORCID,Bellwood David R.³⁴^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada.

2. Tennenbaum Marine Observatories Network, Smithsonian Institution, Edgewater, MD 21037, USA.

3. ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD 4811, Australia.

4. College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD 4811, Australia.

5. PSL Université Paris: EPHE-UPVD-CNRS, USR 3278 CRIOBE, Université de Perpignan, 66860 Perpignan, France.

6. Laboratoire d’Excellence “CORAIL,” Perpignan, France.

7. Department of Invertebrate Zoology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA.

8. School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences and Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98105, USA.

9. Function, Evolution and Anatomy Research Lab and Palaeoscience Research Centre, School of Environmental and Rural Science, University of New England, Armidale, NSW 2351, Australia.

10. Department of Vertebrate Zoology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA.

Abstract

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.

Publisher

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Subject

Multidisciplinary

Reference12 articles.

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