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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
Extinction vulnerability of coral reef fishes
Ecology Letters, Volume 14, No. 4, Year 2011
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With rapidly increasing rates of contemporary extinction, predicting extinction vulnerability and identifying how multiple stressors drive non-random species loss have become key challenges in ecology. These assessments are crucial for avoiding the loss of key functional groups that sustain ecosystem processes and services. We developed a novel predictive framework of species extinction vulnerability and applied it to coral reef fishes. Although relatively few coral reef fishes are at risk of global extinction from climate disturbances, a negative convex relationship between fish species locally vulnerable to climate change vs. fisheries exploitation indicates that the entire community is vulnerable on the many reefs where both stressors co-occur. Fishes involved in maintaining key ecosystem functions are more at risk from fishing than climate disturbances. This finding is encouraging as local and regional commitment to fisheries management action can maintain reef ecosystem functions pending progress towards the more complex global problem of stabilizing the climate. © 2011 Blackwell Publishing Ltd/CNRS.
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Authors & Co-Authors
Graham, Nicholas Anthony James
Australia, Townsville
Arc Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies
Chabanet, Pascale
France, Marseille
Ird Institut de Recherche Pour le Developpement
Evans, Richard D.
Australia, Perth
Department of Environment and Conservation Western Australia
Australia, Perth
The University of Western Australia
Jennings, Simon
United Kingdom, Lowestoft
Centre for the Environment Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
United Kingdom, Norwich
University of East Anglia
Letourneur, Y.
New Caledonia, Noumea
Universite de la Nouvelle-caledonie
MacNeil, M. Aaron
Australia, Townsville
Australian Institute of Marine Science
McClanahan, Tim R.
United States, New York
Wildlife Conservation Society
Öhman, Marcus C.
Sweden, Stockholm
Stockholms Universitet
Polunin, N. V.C.
United Kingdom, Newcastle
Newcastle University
Wilson, Shaun K.
Australia, Perth
Department of Environment and Conservation Western Australia
Statistics
Citations: 229
Authors: 10
Affiliations: 11
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1111/j.1461-0248.2011.01592.x
ISSN:
14610248
Research Areas
Environmental