Reef fish and benthic community structures of the Santa Luzia Marine Reserve in the Cabo Verde islands, eastern central Atlantic Ocean

Freitas, Rui; Mendes, Thiago C.; Almeida, Corrine; Melo, Tommy; Villaça, Roberto Campos; Noguchi, Ramon; Floeter, Sergio R.; Rangel, Carlos A.; Ferreira, Carlos E. L.

doi:10.2989/1814232x.2019.1616613

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“…In addition, the levels of fish taxonomic biodiversity registered here were similar to those observed at other oceanic islands in the tropical eastern Atlantic (e.g. Cabo Verde Archipelago, 67 species: Freitas et al 2019) and in the western Atlantic (e.g. Virgin Islands, 71 species: Mateo and Tobias 2007), but were lower compared with those recorded at islands in the Caribbean and in the Indo-Pacific (Allen 2008;Acero et al 2019).…”

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Composition, structure and diversity of fish assemblages across seascape types at Príncipe, an understudied tropical island in the Gulf of Guinea (eastern Atlantic Ocean)

Otero‐Ferrer

Tuya

Bosch

et al. 2020

African Journal of Marine Science

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Coastal seascapes are often composed of a mosaic of interconnected habitats. Transitions between adjacent habitats are of special relevance to the ecology of many reef-associated organisms. In this study, we tested (i) whether the degree of similarity in the composition and structure of coastal fish assemblages differed between three interconnected seascape types, and (ii) whether differences in taxonomic and phylogenetic diversity of the fish assemblages were consistent between the seascape types. We sampled fish species from diverse habitats in the shallow coastal waters surrounding the island of Príncipe (Gulf of Guinea, eastern Atlantic Ocean), an understudied and remote tropical island. Specifically, video transects were carried out by SCUBA divers at three seascape types: rocky reefs, rocky reef-rhodolith bed transitions, and rocky reef-sandy bottom transitions, to extract presence/absence and ordinal abundance data, across a range of depths (9-31 m), covering the entire perimeter of the island. A total of 71 fish taxa were recorded. Both the composition and structure of the fish assemblages differed between the studied seascapes. The mean number of fish species (taxonomic diversity) was higher on 'reefs' than in both the 'reef-rhodolith bed' and 'reef-sandy bottom' transitions. In contrast, the taxonomic distinctness index (phylogenetic diversity) was higher for fish assemblages in both transitional seascape types than on rocky reefs. Hence, at the island-scale, the protection of local fish assemblages needs to consider a representative network of interconnected habitats, including at these seascapes boundaries where important ecological functions seem to occur.

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Composition, structure and diversity of fish assemblages across seascape types at Príncipe, an understudied tropical island in the Gulf of Guinea (eastern Atlantic Ocean)

Otero‐Ferrer

Tuya

Bosch

et al. 2020

African Journal of Marine Science

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“…In a study with parrotfishes at the Great Barrier Reef (Johnson et al 2019), realized on a wider geographical range, 43.3% of the variance observed on this assemblage was explained (RDA analysis) by rocky shore topography (slope) and oceanographic characteristics (wave exposition, superficial water temperature). Another study, realized at Santa Lucia Island (Freitas et al 2019), the reef fish assemblage variance was explained (62%) by a set of 12 variables, highlighting the influence of substrate coverage composition. However, in addition to the wider Reef fish assemblage from Arraial do Cabo geographical range of this study, the higher explanatory power of its RDA analysis is due to planktivore fishes being positively correlated with sites with a high cover of sand and macroalgae, a fish trophic guild and a substrate category not included in our study.…”

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“…The pictures of reef fish species were taken using a camera SJCam® HD1080P in order to support an indubious identification. The trophic guild of this fish species was based on Ferreira et al (2004) and Freitas et al (2019) classified as carnivore, territorial herbivore, roving herbivore, mobile invertivore, sessile invertivore, omnivore, piscivore, and planktivore (Table 1).…”

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“…The reef fish assemblages are linked to the benthic communities that inhabit the rocky shores substrates (Medeiros et al 2010;Krajewski & Floeter 2011;Longo et al 2015;Freitas et al 2019). On a local scale, the abundance of reef fishes and their consequent competition could be related to consumption of food resources available in these environment substrates (Floeter et al 2007).…”

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Patterns of reef fish assemblage distribution on a Brazilian subtropical rocky shore: an approach to benthic association

Vieira

Lupinacci

Santos

et al. 2021

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Os ambientes recifais são caracterizados como formações de fundo consolidado de origem orgânica e/ou inorgânica. Em costões rochosos, fatores bióticos e abióticos determinam a sua biodiversidade. Na praia do Forno, onde o fenômeno da ressurgência ocorre, a assembleia de peixes recifais foi analisada por meio de censo visual. A cobertura bentônica do substrato foi classificada em quatro categorias. O uso do substrato foi determinado pela abundância relativa das espécies em cada um de seus tipos. Um total de 5414 indivíduos pertencentes a 31 espécies de peixes recifais foi observado. Os resultados demonstraram que a preferência por habitats, caracterizados pela cobertura por organismos bentônicos, foi um fator importante na determinação da composição da assembleia de peixes recifais, em uma microescala. A escolha de um habitat dentre os diversos tipos de substrato, poder ser em sua maior parte explicada pela disponibilidade de recursos alimentares.Palavras chave: Cobertura bentônica, padrões biogeográficos, interações bióticas, habitat, ictiofauna, costões rochosos.

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“…Characterized by intense and prolonged periods of drought [31], Cabo Verde is one of the Atlantic's most valuable marine endemism sites [32,33], and its 956 km coastline is one of the world's most important nesting sites for the loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) [34,35]. The cliffs and mountains of the archipelago are also nesting grounds for endemic and endangered species of seabirds [36,37].…”

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Co-Designing Protected Areas Management with Small Island Developing States’ Local Stakeholders: A Case from Coastal Communities of Cabo Verde

Sena,

Veiga,

Semedo

et al. 2023

Sustainability

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The Small Island Developing State, Cabo Verde, is one of the most important marine biodiverse hotspots in the North Atlantic. One of its national conservation strategies has been the declaration of protected areas, and currently, the country has 47 declared protected areas and only 26 have been fully implemented. The latest protected area, Baía do Inferno e Monte Angra Natural Park, is the first protected area proposed by a civil initiative, and the local people strongly support the declaration of this protected area. Therefore, this study aims to better understand the mechanisms behind strong local support, explore the lessons learned from this case and how it can help improve the implementation of other protected areas in Cabo Verde. We conducted 7 semi-structured interviews with previously identified community leaders and 480 questionnaires with the general population of the local communities. The results show that 78.6% of the questionnaire respondents chose co-management as the desired management model. We also found that non-governmental organizations and local leaders have played a crucial role in sharing knowledge with local populations and helping them to have a critical and informed view about the future implementation of the protected area.

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Reef fish and benthic community structures of the Santa Luzia Marine Reserve in the Cabo Verde islands, eastern central Atlantic Ocean

Cited by 11 publications

References 54 publications

Composition, structure and diversity of fish assemblages across seascape types at Príncipe, an understudied tropical island in the Gulf of Guinea (eastern Atlantic Ocean)

Composition, structure and diversity of fish assemblages across seascape types at Príncipe, an understudied tropical island in the Gulf of Guinea (eastern Atlantic Ocean)

Patterns of reef fish assemblage distribution on a Brazilian subtropical rocky shore: an approach to benthic association

Co-Designing Protected Areas Management with Small Island Developing States’ Local Stakeholders: A Case from Coastal Communities of Cabo Verde

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