CEBIMário: Depth gradients in the ecology of coral-associated fishe

Local: Canal do CEBIMar no YouTube, link: https://youtu.be/RNyyDyW8mjc

Palestrante: Chancey MacDonald (CALADEMY)

Organizador: Juan Pablo Quimbayo (CEBIMar/USP)

Resumo: Species’ distributions and ecologies can vary greatly along environmental gradients. On coral reefs, depth has been proposed as a potential refuge against current and future adverse conditions. In order to understand the attenuation of risk along depth gradients, it is important to not only understand the natural distributions of species but also changes in ecological interactions and physical condition that populations experience toward range-margins. Here, I present information on how depth gradients among distributions, habitat associations, diets, space-use and competition interact with the availability and degradation of key resources to influence condition and vulnerability in coral associated fishes on deeper reefs.