Integrating abundance and functional traits reveals new global hotspots of fish diversity

Rick D. Stuart-Smith (), Amanda E. Bates, Jonathan S. Lefcheck, J. Emmett Duffy, Susan C. Baker, Russell J. Thomson, Jemina F. Stuart-Smith, Nicole A. Hill, Stuart J. Kininmonth, Laura Airoldi, Mikel A. Becerro, Stuart J. Campbell, Terence P. Dawson, Sergio A. Navarrete, German A. Soler, Elisabeth M. A. Strain, Trevor J. Willis and Graham J. Edgar
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Rick D. Stuart-Smith: Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 49, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia
Amanda E. Bates: Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 49, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia
Jonathan S. Lefcheck: Virginia Institute of Marine Science, P.O. Box 1346, Gloucester Point, Virginia 23062-1346, USA
J. Emmett Duffy: Virginia Institute of Marine Science, P.O. Box 1346, Gloucester Point, Virginia 23062-1346, USA
Susan C. Baker: School of Plant Science, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 55, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia
Russell J. Thomson: Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 49, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia
Jemina F. Stuart-Smith: Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 49, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia
Nicole A. Hill: Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 49, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia
Stuart J. Kininmonth: Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, Kräftriket 2B, Stockholm SE-114 19, Sweden
Laura Airoldi: Geologiche ed Ambientali, Università di Bologna, Via San Alberto 163, Ravenna 48123, Italy
Mikel A. Becerro: Natural Products and Agrobiology Institute (IPNA-CSIC), Avda Astrofísico Francisco Sanchez 3, La Laguna 38206, Tenerife, Spain
Stuart J. Campbell: Wildlife Conservation Society, Indonesia Marine Program, Jalan Atletik no. 8, Bogor, Jawa Barat 16151, Indonesia
Terence P. Dawson: School of the Environment, University of Dundee, Perth Road, Dundee DD1 4HN, Scotland, UK
Sergio A. Navarrete: Estación Costera de Investigaciones Marinas & Center for Marine Conservation, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Casilla 114-D, Santiago, Chile
German A. Soler: Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 49, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia
Elisabeth M. A. Strain: Geologiche ed Ambientali, Università di Bologna, Via San Alberto 163, Ravenna 48123, Italy
Trevor J. Willis: School of Biological Sciences, Institute of Marine Sciences, University of Portsmouth, Ferry Road, Eastney, Portsmouth PO4 9LY, UK
Graham J. Edgar: Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 49, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia

Nature, 2013, vol. 501, issue 7468, 539-542

Abstract: Global reef fish diversity is studied with metrics incorporating species abundances and functional traits; these identify diversity hotspots corresponding to the diversity of functional traits amongst individuals in the community, and greater evenness in the abundance of reef fishes at higher latitudes, findings that contrast with patterns reported previously using traditional richness-based methods.

Date: 2013
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