Simplification of Caribbean reef-fish assemblages over decades of coral reef degradation.

Caribbean coral reefs are becoming structurally simpler, largely due to human impacts. The consequences of this trend for reef-associated communities are currently unclear, but expected to be profound. Here, we assess whether changes in fish assemblages have been non-random over several decades of d...

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Main Authors: Lorenzo Alvarez-Filip, Michelle J Paddack, Ben Collen, D Ross Robertson, Isabelle M Côté
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4397080?pdf=render