Response to comment on "Demographic dynamics of the smallest marine vertebrates fuel coral reef ecosystem functioning"

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Brandl, Simon J.;Morais, Renato A.;Casey, Jordan M.;Parravicini, Valeriano;Tornabene, Luke;Goatley, Christopher H.R.;Côté, Isabelle M.;Baldwin, Carole C.;Schiettekatte, Nina M.D.;Bellwood, David R.
David Bellwood
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.

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366

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1095-9203

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American Association for the Advancement of Science

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10.1126/science.aaz1301