Community structure of corals and reef fishes at multiple scales
Connolly, Sean R., Hughes, Terry P., Bellwood, David R., and Karlson, Ronald H. (2005) Community structure of corals and reef fishes at multiple scales. Science, 309 (5739). pp. 1363-1365.
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Abstract
Distributions of numerical abundance and resource use among species are fundamental aspects of community structure. Here, we characterise these patterns for tropical reef fishes and corals across a 10,000km biodiversity gradient. Numerical abundance and resource-use distributions have similar shapes, but they emerge at markedly different scales. These results are consistent with a controversial null hypothesis for community structure, according to which abundance distributions arise from the interplay of multiple stochastic environmental and demographic factors. Our findings underscore the importance of robust conservation strategies that are appropriately scaled to the broad suite of environmental processes that help sustain biodiversity.
| Item ID: | 1076 |
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| Item Type: | Article (Research - C1) |
| ISSN: | 1095-9203 |
| Keywords: | coral reefs; species abundance distributions; community structure; macroecology |
| Additional Information: | Copyright 2005 American Association for the Advancement of Science. |
| Date Deposited: | 31 May 2007 |
| FoR Codes: | 05 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES > 0502 Environmental Science and Management > 050202 Conservation and Biodiversity @ 100% |
| SEO Codes: | 97 EXPANDING KNOWLEDGE > 970106 Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences @ 100% |
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