Priority Effects in the Recruitment of Juvenile Coral Reef Fishes

Shulman, Myra J.; Ogden, John C.; Ebersole, John P.; McFarland, William N.; Miller, Steven L.; Wolf, Nancy G.

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“…Therefore, understanding the causes of variation in recruitment rnay be crucial for predicting patterns in abundance of older benthic and demersal stages. A host of factors are known to generate variation in recruitment of reef fishes, including microhabitat (Sale et al 1984, Shulman 1984, Carr 1989, 1994, Levln 1993, Caselle & Warner 1996, Schmitt & Holbrook 1996, resident conspecifics (Sale 1976, Sweatman 1985, Behrents 1987, Booth 1992, Forrester 1995, Tupper & Boutilier 1995, Schmitt & Holbrook 1996, Steele 1997, potential interspecific competitors (Shulman et al 1983, Sweatman 1985, Jones 1987, Sweatman & St. John 1990, and predators (Doherty & Sale 1985, Beets 1997, Steele 1997. However, it is difficult to generalize about the importance of each of these processes for 2 important reasons: (1) past studies have used a variety of experimental methodolog~es, which precludes direct cornpansons among them; and (2) each process is often explored independently, precluding detection of interactions among processes and making it impossible to assess the relative importance of each process (Underwood & Petraitis 1994, Steele 1997.…”

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Influences of predators and conspecifics on recruitment of a tropical and a temperate reef fish

Steele¹,

Forrester²,

Almany³

1998

Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser.

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An active debate has focused on whether patterns in the abundance of reef fishes are pnmarily determined by the supply of larvae or by subsequent interactions occurring on the reef. By manipulating the presence of predators and the density of older conspecifics on small standardized reefs, we tested the influences of these 2 factors -and interactions between them-on recruitment of reef fishes. To assess the generality of our findings, we conducted similar experiments on 2 closely related species in 2 different systems: 1 tropical and 1 temperate. At Santa Catalina Island (a temperate site in southern California, USA) we worked with the blackeye goby Coryphopterus nicholsii and at Lee Stocking Island (a tropical site in the Bahamas) we studied the bridled goby Coryphopterus glaucofraenum. Predators reduced recruitment of blackeye gobies, but in contrast, in one experiment, recruitment of bridled gobies was positively affected by 1 class of predators (reef residents) and unaffected by transient predators. In another experiment, recruitment of bridled gobies was unaffected by either class of predators; however, there was little statistical power to detect a similar positive effect of predators. Older conspecifics (adults and subadults) did not significantly influence recruitment of blackeye gobies, but recruitment of bridled gobies was negatively related to density of adult conspecifics For both species, the presence of predators did not influence the relationship between recruitment and the density of older conspecifics Our results suggest that patterns of abundance among local populations of reef fishes can be decoupled from patterns of larval supply by reef-based biotic processes (namely predation and intraspecific interactions). However, the influences of older conspecifics and predators varied widely between the 2 quite similar species that we studied. This underscores the need to understand the specific reasons for such differences in order to make predictions regarding the relative importance of these processes in novel circumstances.

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Influences of predators and conspecifics on recruitment of a tropical and a temperate reef fish

Steele¹,

Forrester²,

Almany³

1998

Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser.

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“…A second issue is whether reef organisms are space-limited (i.e. limited by competitive interactions on reefs; Anderson et al 1981, Shulman et al 1983, Shulman 1984 or recruitment-limited (i.e. limited by the number of larvae surviving the plankton; Doherty 1981, Victor 1983.…”

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Recruitment and population recovery of Diadema antillarum (Echinodermata; Echinoidea) in Barbados

Hunte¹,

Younglao²

1988

Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser.

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Populahon recovery of D~a d e m a antrllarum following the Canbbean-wide mass mortality of the urchin in 1983 is documented In Barbados Recrultnlent (urchins 10 to 15 mm test diameter) occurred 3 to 4 mo after peak spawning Recruts settled near the front (offshore) of reefs and were aggregated \nth adults Populahons grew rapidly on all Barbados reefs the reef with fastest recovery retulning to 57 4 % of ~t s pre-mortality density by December 1985 Reefs \nth the hlghest density at the start of the study recovered most rapidly This may suggest that larvae settle preferentially on reefs wlth higher adult densltles, and/or, that luvenile mortality is lower on reefs wlth higher adult densities Populahons of D anMarum in Domlnica and St Lucia decreased dunng the study Moreover, recruitment strength to each island was posibvely correlated w~t h adult denslty on that Island This may suggest that Island populations are dlscrete breeding units Alternatively, the correlation of recruitment strength with island populahon denslty may reflect settlement preference by regionally dispersed larvae for areas of high adult density

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“…predators, conspecifics etc.) influence incoming recruits (Shulman et al 1983, Almany 2003, Shulman 2015. Relative predation risk could also differ between species with depth, given that blackcap basslets may be more cryptic (i.e.…”

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Symmetrical effects of interspecific competition on congeneric coral-reef fishes

Kindinger¹

2016

Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser.

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Priority Effects in the Recruitment of Juvenile Coral Reef Fishes

Cited by 183 publications

References 24 publications

Influences of predators and conspecifics on recruitment of a tropical and a temperate reef fish

Influences of predators and conspecifics on recruitment of a tropical and a temperate reef fish

Recruitment and population recovery of Diadema antillarum (Echinodermata; Echinoidea) in Barbados

Symmetrical effects of interspecific competition on congeneric coral-reef fishes

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