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

Simon J Brandl; Renato A Morais; Jordan M Casey; Valeriano Parravicini; Luke Tornabene; Christopher H R Goatley; Isabelle M Côté; Carole C Baldwin; Nina M D Schiettekatte; David R Bellwood

doi:10.1126/science.aaz1301

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

Simon J Brandl
, Renato A Morais
, Jordan M Casey
, Valeriano Parravicini
, Luke Tornabene
, Christopher H R Goatley
, Isabelle M Côté
, Carole C Baldwin
, Nina M D Schiettekatte
, David R Bellwood

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-4
Journal	Science
Volume	366
Issue number	6472
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aaz1301
Publication status	Published - 20 Dec 2019

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

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