Functionally Rich Fish Assemblages Support Greater Rates of Multiple Ecological Functions in Seagrass Meadows.

ABSTRACT: Animals move between ecosystems, facilitating important ecosystem functions. The context, connectivity, and complexity of habitats alter faunal assemblages and associated ecological functions that regulate ecosystem structure, functioning, and resilience. Fish assemblages in seagrass meadows are functionally diverse and contribute essential ecological functions which are necessary for energy transfer within food webs, such as carnivory and herbivory. However, not all species support these functions equally, and it is their functional traits that modify how different species deliver ecological functions. This aim of this study was to investigate how the functional diversity of fish relates to multiple ecological functions within seagrass meadows of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. This s

SUBMITTER: James AL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12856372 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature