2019
DOI: 10.3354/meps13135
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Shining a light on the composition and distribution patterns of mesophotic and subphotic fish communities in Hawai‘i

Abstract: As agencies shift from single-species management to ecosystem-based fisheries management, ecosystem models are gaining interest for understanding species dynamics in relation to oceanographic and ecological processes and human marine uses. However, information on community structure or distribution of many species that occupy deep (> 30 m) waters is largely unavailable. We amassed a total of 24 686 fish observations of 523 species/taxa for the 30−410 m depth areas surrounding the main Hawaiian Islands (MHI). W… Show more

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“…Depth did primarily control variations in species composition, including an apparent faunal break from 113-139 m (Fig 3). This finding is consistent with Pyle et al [8,14,38]. These faunal breaks have at times been speculated to be related to the depth at which light becomes insufficient for photosynthesis [9].…”
Section: Plos Onesupporting
confidence: 91%
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“…Depth did primarily control variations in species composition, including an apparent faunal break from 113-139 m (Fig 3). This finding is consistent with Pyle et al [8,14,38]. These faunal breaks have at times been speculated to be related to the depth at which light becomes insufficient for photosynthesis [9].…”
Section: Plos Onesupporting
confidence: 91%
“…In certain areas, one major mesophotic split in reef fish communities has been identified between 50-60 m [9,10]. In Hawaii, though, perhaps due to the exceptionally clear waters [11], there are strong indications that another principal transition occurs between 110-140 m [8,13,14]. It is not known how these changes might affect artificial reefs, given that their physical structure is not dependent on available light, or whether artificial communities may exhibit faunal breaks that resemble those on natural substrates.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…; Weijerman et al. ). As another conservative measure, we excluded species that were encountered on < 10% of survey events (i.e., rare species) to help ensure that the results were based on sufficient data.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 97%
“…2018a, ; Dance and Rooker ; Weijerman et al. ), we employed a standard collinearity analysis to exclude those environmental variables that are strongly correlated with others or with eastings and northings from horizontal and vertical distribution GAMMs (Leathwick et al. ; Dormann et al.…”
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