Abstract:Transect surveys of hamlet communities (Hypoplectrus spp., Serranidae) covering 14 000 m across 16 reefs off La Parguera, Puerto Rico, are presented and compared with a previous survey conducted in the year 2000. The hamlet community has noticeably changed over 17 years, with a > 30% increase in relative abundance of the yellowtail hamlet Hypoplectrus chlorurus on the inner reefs at the expense of the other hamlet species. The data also suggest that the density of H. chlorurus has declined and that its distrib… Show more
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