This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Data availability
The datasets generated during and/or analyzed during the current study are not publicly available as they are reanalyzed data published elsewhere but are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.
References
Andrades R, Andrade JM, Jesus-Junior PS, Macieira RM, Bernardino AF, Giarrizzo T, Joyeux J-C (2019) Multiple niche-based analyses reveal the dual life of an intertidal reef predator. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 624:131–141. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps13027
Atalah J, Crowe TP (2010) Combined effects of nutrient enrichment, sedimentation and grazer loss on rock pool assemblages. J Exp Mar Bio Ecol 388:51–57. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2010.03.005
Clements KD, German DP, Piché J, Tribollet A, Choat JH (2016) Integrating ecological roles and trophic diversification on coral reefs: multiple lines of evidence identify parrotfishes as microphages. Biol J Linn Soc 120:729–751. https://doi.org/10.1111/bij.12914
Ferreira HM, Magris RA, Floeter SR, Ferreira CEL (2022) Drivers of ecological effectiveness of marine protected areas: a meta-analytic approach from the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean (Brazil). J Environ Manage 301:113889. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.113889
Francini-Filho RB, Moura RL (2008) Dynamics of fish assemblages on coral reefs subjected to different management regimes in the Abrolhos Bank, eastern Brazil. Aquat Conserv Mar Freshw Ecosyst 18:1166–1179. https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc
Francini-Filho RB, Ferreira CM, Coni EOC, De Moura RL, Kaufman L (2010) Foraging activity of roving herbivorous reef fish (Acanthuridae and Scaridae) in eastern Brazil: influence of resource availability and interference competition. J Mar Biol Assoc United Kingdom 90:481–492. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315409991147
Francini-Filho RB, Coni EOC, Meirelles PM, Amado-Filho GM, Thompson FL, Pereira-Filho GH, Bastos AC, Abrantes DP, Ferreira CM, Gibran FZ, Güth AZ, Sumida PYG, Oliveira NL, Kaufman L, Minte-Vera CV, Moura RL (2013) Dynamics of coral reef benthic assemblages of the Abrolhos Bank, Eastern Brazil: Inferences on natural and anthropogenic Drivers. PLoS ONE 8:1–12. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0054260
Freitas MO, Previero M, Leite JR, Francini-Filho RB, Minte-Vera CV, Moura RL (2019) Age, growth, reproduction and management of Southwestern Atlantic’s largest and endangered herbivorous reef fish, Scarus trispinosus Valenciennes, 1840. PeerJ 7:e7459. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7459
Frisch AJ, Ireland M, Baker R (2014) Trophic ecology of large predatory reef fishes: energy pathways, trophic level, and implications for fisheries in a changing climate. Mar Biol 161:61–73. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-013-2315-4
Goatley CHR, Bellwood DR (2012) Sediment suppresses herbivory across a coral reef depth gradient. Biol Lett 8:1016–1018. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2012.0770
Gust N, Choat JH, Ackerman JL (2002) Demographic plasticity in tropical reef fishes. Mar Biol 140:1039–1051. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-001-0773-6
Hoey AS, Bellwood DR (2009) Among-habitat variation in herbivory on Sargassum spp. on a mid-shelf reef in the northern Great Barrier Reef. Mar Biol 157:189–200. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-009-1309-8
Hopf JK, Caselle JE, White JW (2022) Recruitment variability and sampling design interact to influence the detectability of protected area effects. Ecol Appl. https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.2511
Kingsford M, Welch D, O’Callaghan M (2019) Latitudinal and cross-shelf patterns of size, age, growth, and mortality of a tropical damselfish Acanthochromis polyacanthus on the Great Barrier Reef. Diversity 11:67. https://doi.org/10.3390/d11050067
Leitão M, Hackradt CW, Silva ÍLe, Ciancio JE, Félix-Hackradt FC (2023) Effect of human impact on coral reef herbivorous fish niche. Mar Biol 170:59. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-023-04199-z
McClanahan TR, Obura D (1997) Sedimentation effects on shallow coral communities in Kenya. J Exp Mar Bio Ecol 209:103–122. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0022-0981(96)02663-9
Mendes TC, Ferreira CEL, Clements KD (2018) Discordance between diet analysis and dietary macronutrient content in four nominally herbivorous fishes from the Southwestern Atlantic. Mar Biol 165:180. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-018-3438-4
Minte-vera CV, Moura RL, Francini-Filho RB (2008) Nested sampling: an improved visual-census technique for studying reef fish assemblages. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 367:283–293. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps07511
Nickols KJ, White JW, Malone D, Carr MH, Starr RM, Baskett ML, Hastings A, Botsford LW (2019) Setting ecological expectations for adaptive management of marine protected areas. J Appl Ecol 56:2376–2385. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13463
Pereira PH, Macedo CH, Nunes JD, Marangoni LF, Bianchini A (2018) Effects of depth on reef fish communities: Insights of a “deep refuge hypothesis” from Southwestern Atlantic reefs. PLoS ONE 13:e0203072. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0203072
Pereira PHC, Araujo JC, Lima GV, Côrtes LGF, Gomes E, Magris RA (2022) Effectiveness of management zones for recovering parrotfish species within the largest coastal marine protected area in Brazil. Sci Rep 12:1–12. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-15990-1
Post DM (2002) Using stable isotopes to estimate trophic position: models, methods, and assumptions. Ecology 83:703–718. https://doi.org/10.2307/3071875
Rojo I, Sánchez-Meca J, García-Charton JA (2019) Small-sized and well-enforced Marine Protected Areas provide ecological benefits for piscivorous fish populations worldwide. Mar Environ Res 149:100–110. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2019.06.005
Roos NC, Longo GO, Pennino MG, Francini-Filho RB, Carvalho AR (2020) Protecting nursery areas without fisheries management is not enough to conserve the most endangered parrotfish of the Atlantic Ocean. Sci Rep 10:19143. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-76207-x
Segal B, Castro CB (2011) Coral community structure and sedimentation at different distances from the coast of the Abrolhos Bank, Brazil. Brazilian J Oceanogr 59:119–129. https://doi.org/10.1590/s1679-87592011000200001
Thiault L, Kernaléguen L, Osenberg CW, Claudet J (2017) Progressive-Change BACIPS: a flexible approach for environmental impact assessment. Methods Ecol Evol 8:288–296. https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.12655
Vander Zanden MJ, Rasmussen JB (2001) Variation in δ15N and δ13C trophic fractionation: Implications for aquatic food web studies. Limnol Oceanogr 46:2061–2066. https://doi.org/10.4319/lo.2001.46.8.2061
Vander Zanden MJ, Shuter BJ, Lester NP, Rasmussen JB (2000) Within- and among-population variation in the trophic position of a pelagic predator, lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush). Can J Fish Aquat Sci 57:725–731. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-57-4-725
Vander Zanden MJ, Chandra S, Allen BC, Reuter JE, Goldman CR (2003) Historical food web structure and restoration of native aquatic communities in the Lake Tahoe (California-Nevada) basin. Ecosystems 6:274–288. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-002-0204-7
Funding
GCCF is supported with a postdoctoral fellowship by Rio de Janeiro State Foundation for Support to Research (FAPERJ E-26/204.522/2021). TCM thanks the Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) for a postdoctoral fellowship (#102450/2022-6). CELF is continued supported by grants from CNPq and FAPERJ. RBFF is grateful to a research productivity scholarship provided by CNPq (#309651/2021-2).
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Contributions
Conceptualization (GCCF, JHC, TCM, CELF and KDC), data curation, analyses and original draft preparation (GCCF and RBFF), writing-review and editing (GCCF, TCM, CAAMC, VJG, RAM, JCH, KDC, LE, CELF, and RBFF). All authors read and approved the final version of the manuscript.
Corresponding author
Ethics declarations
Conflict of interest
The authors have no relevant financial or non-financial interests to disclose.
Ethical approval
This study was performed in line with the principles of ethics and permits granted by Brazilian Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation (Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade – ICMBio) and from Parque Nacional Marinho de Abrolhos and Reserva Extrativista Marinha de Corumbau/ICMBio (through J.R.S. Neto, R. Jerolisky and R. Oliveira).
Additional information
Responsible Editor: U. Sommer.
Publisher's Note
Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations.
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Cardozo-Ferreira, G.C., Mendes, T.C., Cordeiro, C.A.M.M. et al. Comment on the article “Effect of human impact on coral reef herbivorous fish niche” by Leitão et al. (2023). Mar Biol 170, 145 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-023-04295-0
Received:
Accepted:
Published:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-023-04295-0