Global Human Footprint on the Linkage between Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning in Reef Fishes
Camilo Mora;Octavio Aburto-Oropeza;Arturo Ayala Bocos;Paula M. Ayotte;Stuart Banks;Andrew G. Bauman;Maria Beger;Sandra Bessudo;David J. Booth;Eran Brokovich;Andrew Brooks;Pascale Chabanet;Joshua E. Cinner;Jorge Cortés;Juan J. Cruz-Motta;Amilcar Cupul Magaña;Edward E. DeMartini;Graham J. Edgar;David A. Feary;Sebastian C. A. Ferse;Alan M. Friedlander;Kevin J. Gaston;Charlotte Gough;Nicholas A. J. Graham;Alison Green;Hector Guzman;Marah Hardt;Michel Kulbicki;Yves Letourneur;Andres López Pérez;Michel Loreau;Yossi Loya;Camilo Martinez;Ismael Mascareñas-Osorio;Tau Morove;Marc-Olivier Nadon;Yohei Nakamura;Gustavo Paredes;Nicholas V. C. Polunin;Morgan S. Pratchett;Héctor Reyes Bonilla;Fernando Rivera;Enric Sala;Stuart A. Sandin;German Soler;Rick Stuart-Smith;Emmanuel Tessier;Derek P. Tittensor;Mark Tupper;Paolo Usseglio;Laurent Vigliola;Laurent Wantiez;Ivor Williams;Shaun K. Wilson;Fernando A. Zapata;
plos biology2011Vol. 9pp. e1000606-
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Abstract
A global survey of reef fishes shows that the consequences of biodiversity loss are greater than previously anticipated as ecosystem functioning remained unsaturated with the addition of new species. Additionally, reefs worldwide, particularly those most diverse, are highly vulnerable to human impacts that are widespread and likely to worsen due to ongoing coastal overpopulation.