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Natural and anthropogenic influences on the diversity structure of reef fish communities in the Tuamotu Archipelago (French Polynesia)

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  • Mellin, C.
  • Ferraris, J.
  • Galzin, R.
  • Harmelin-Vivien, M.
  • Kulbicki, M.
  • de Loma, T. Lison

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Despite the rapid rate of human-induced species losses, the relative influence of natural and anthropogenic factors on the functional diversity of species assemblages remains unknown for most ecosystems. A model was previously developed to predict the diversity structure of coral reef fish assemblages in 10 atolls of low human pressure and contrasting morphology of the Tuamotu Archipelago (French Polynesia). This existing model predicted smoothed histograms (spectra) of species richness according to size classes, diet classes and life-history classes of fish assemblages using a combination of environmental characteristics at different spatial scales. The present study applied the model to Tikehau, another atoll of the same archipelago where commercial fishing is practiced and where the same sampling strategy was reproduced. Significant differences appeared between predicted and observed species richness in several size, diet and life-history classes of fish assemblages in Tikehau. Two parameters which were not accounted for in the initial model, i.e. fishing pressure and atoll position within the archipelago, explained together 63% of variance in model residuals, >60% being explained by fishing pressure only. The respective effects of fishing and atoll position on the diversity of coral reef fish assemblages are discussed, with the potential of such modelling approach to assess the relative importance of factors affecting functional diversity within communities.

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  • Mellin, C. & Ferraris, J. & Galzin, R. & Harmelin-Vivien, M. & Kulbicki, M. & de Loma, T. Lison, 2008. "Natural and anthropogenic influences on the diversity structure of reef fish communities in the Tuamotu Archipelago (French Polynesia)," Ecological Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 218(1), pages 182-187.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecomod:v:218:y:2008:i:1:p:182-187
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2008.07.021
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    1. Simon J Pittman & Kerry A Brown, 2011. "Multi-Scale Approach for Predicting Fish Species Distributions across Coral Reef Seascapes," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 6(5), pages 1-12, May.

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