@article{fdi:010044058,
  title = {{N}atural and anthropogenic influences on the diversity structure of reef fish communities in the {T}uamotu {A}rchipelago ({F}rench {P}olynesia)},
  author = {{M}ellin, {C}. and {F}erraris, {J}ocelyne and {G}alzin, {R}. and {H}armelin-{V}ivien, {M}. and {K}ulbicki, {M}ichel and {L}oma de, {T}. {L}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{D}espite the rapid rate of human-induced species losses, the relative influence of natural and anthropogenic factors on the functional diversity of species assemblages remains unknown for most ecosystems. {A} model was previously developed to predict the diversity structure of coral reef fish assemblages in 10 atolls of low human pressure and contrasting morphology of the {T}uamotu {A}rchipelago ({F}rench {P}olynesia). {T}his existing model predicted smoothed histograms (spectra) of species richness according to size classes, diet classes and life-history classes of fish assemblages using a combination of environmental characteristics at different spatial scales. {T}he present study applied the model to {T}ikehau, another atoll of the same archipelago where commercial fishing is practiced and where the same sampling strategy was reproduced. {S}ignificant differences appeared between predicted and observed species richness in several size, diet and lifehistory classes of fish assemblages in {T}ikehau. {T}wo parameters which were not accounted for in the initial model, i.e. fishing pressure and atoll position within the archipelago, explained together 63% of variance in model residuals, >60% being explained by fishing pressure only. {T}he respective effects of fishing and atoll position on the diversity of coral reef fish assemblages are discussed, with the potential of such modelling approach to assess the relative importance of factors affecting functional diversity within communities.},
  keywords = {{A}toll ; {C}oral reef ; {D}iversity ; {E}cem 07 ; {F}ish ; {S}pecies richness},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{E}cological {M}odelling},
  volume = {218},
  numero = {1-2},
  pages = {182--187},
  ISSN = {0304-3800},
  year = {2008},
  DOI = {10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2008.07.021},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010044058},
}