Response to Comment on "Demographic dynamics of the smallest marine vertebrates fuel coral reef ecosystem functioning".
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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.
Medical subject headings
- Coral Reefs
- Ecosystem