Climate drivers of reef fish functional diversity in the Atlantic Ocean

• Grant number: 18/21380-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
• Start date: March 01, 2019
• End date: February 25, 2023
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Ecology - Ecosystems Ecology
• Principal Investigator: Augusto Alberto Valero Flores
• Grantee: Juan Pablo Quimbayo Agreda
• Host Institution: Centro de Biologia Marinha (CEBIMAR). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Sebastião , SP, Brazil
• Associated scholarship(s): 21/09279-4 - Linking climate change and the past, present, and future of fish communities, BE.EP.PD

Abstract

Species richness assessments have governed our understanding of global biodiversity patterns. As a result, we have constructed an incomplete view of the drivers and the implications of the geographic distribution of biodiversity. In light of this incomplete view and the continued declines of global biodiversity, trait-based approaches to quantify functional diversity indices are key to reveal how evolutionary and ecological processes, together with climatic changes, shape biodiversity patterns. As functional diversity metrics are directly associated with species' habitat use and interactions they are better predictors of ecosystem function and service levels compared to taxonomic diversity. Reef fish are considered key constituents of marine ecosystems given their participation on several functions and represent an important source of animal protein for humans. Fish are therefore excellent biologic models to investigate the variations in functional diversity under different environmental drivers. Focusing on the Atlantic Ocean, this project will aim to (i) determine what components of functional ß-diversity (e.g. nestedness and turnover) are most spatially heterogeneous at the Atlantic Ocean; (ii) quantify how the functional redundancy and vulnerability of fish assemblages vary along the latitudinal gradient; (iii) identify which species are most vulnerable to rising sea surface temperatures, as well as what species are most important for biomass production; and (iv) determine which ecological drivers (e.g. competitive exclusion, saturation niche theory, and environmental filters) explain the variation in fish functional diversity along the latitudinal gradient. To meet these aims this project will integrate four extensive datasets comprising fish species occurrence checklists, local fish abundances from underwater visual census data, species life-history and functional traits, as well as abiotic factors available for the Atlantic Ocean in Bio-Oracle. (AU)

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

INAGAKI, K. Y.; MENDES, T. C.; QUIMBAYO, J. P.; CANTOR, M.; SAZIMA, I. The structure of fish follower-feeding associations at three oceanic islands in southwestern Atlantic. ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY OF FISHES, NOV 2019. (18/21380-0)

CORDEIRO, CESAR A. M. M.; AUED, ANAIDE W.; BARROS, FRANCISCO; BASTOS, ALEX C.; BENDER, MARIANA; MENDES, THIAGO C.; CREED, JOEL C.; CRUZ, IGOR C. S.; DIAS, MURILO S.; FERNANDES, LOHENGRIN D. A.; et al. Long-term monitoring projects of Brazilian marine and coastal ecosystems. PeerJ, v. 10, p. 18-pg., 2022-11-09. (21/09279-4, 18/21380-0)

TAINÁ L. GASPAR; JUAN P. QUIMBAYO; RENAN OZEKOSKI; LUCAS T. NUNES; ANAIDE W. AUED; THIAGO C. MENDES; AMANA G. GARRIDO; BÁRBARA SEGAL. Branqueamento severo de Siderastrea stellata no único atol do Atlântico Sul impulsionado por ondas de calor marinhas sequenciais. Biota Neotropica, v. 21, n. 2, 2021-04-12. (18/21380-0)

QUIMBAYO, JUAN PABLO; SILVA, FERNANDA CAROLINA; MENDES, THIAGO COSTA; FERRARI, DEBORA SILVA; DANIELSKI, SAMARA LEOPOLDINO; BENDER, MARIANA GOMES; PARRAVICINI, VALERIANO; KULBICKI, MICHEL; FLOETER, SERGIO RICARDO. Life-history traits, geographical range, and conservation aspects of reef fishes from the Atlantic and Eastern Pacific. ECOLOGY, v. 102, n. 5, MAR 2021. (18/21380-0)

GIGLIO, VINICIUS J.; SUHETT, ANA C.; ZAPELINI, CLEVERSON S.; RAMIRO, ALINE S.; QUIMBAYO, JUAN P.. Assessing captures of recreational spearfishing in Abrolhos reefs, Brazil, through social media. REGIONAL STUDIES IN MARINE SCIENCE, v. 34, FEB 2020. (18/21380-0)

QUIMBAYO, JUAN P.; NUNES, LUCAS T.; SILVA, FERNANDA C.; ANDERSON, ANTONIO B.; BARNECHE, DIEGO R.; CANTERLE, ANGELA M.; CORD, ISADORA; DALBEN, ANDREA; FERRARI, DEBORA S.; FONTOURA, LUISA; et al. TimeFISH: Long-term assessment of reef fish assemblages in a transition zone in the Southwestern Atlantic. ECOLOGY, v. N/A, p. 2-pg., 2023-01-18. (18/21380-0, 21/09279-4)

GOMES, LORENA DE M. J.; GARCIA, GABRIEL S.; CORDEIRO, CESAR A. M. M.; GOUVEIA, NELSON A. A.; FERREIRA, CARLOS E. L.; BENDER, MARIANA G. G.; LONGO, GUILHERME O. O.; QUIMBAYO, JUAN P. P.; GHERARDI, DOUGLAS F. M.. Complex phylogenetic origin and geographic isolation drive reef fishes response to environmental variability in oceanic islands of the southwestern Atlantic. ECOGRAPHY, v. 2023, n. 8, p. 17-pg., 2023-05-30. (21/09279-4, 18/21380-0)

QUIMBAYO, JUAN P.; FREITAS, RUI; ROCHA, LUIZ A.; PINHEIRO, HUDSON T.. Are cleaning interactions offered by large cleaners positive?. Journal of Natural History, v. 57, n. 17-20, p. 5-pg., 2023-05-15. (21/09279-4, 21/07039-6, 18/21380-0, 19/24215-2)

PINHEIRO, HUDSON T.; MACDONALD, CHANCEY; QUIMBAYO, JUAN PABLO; SHEPHERD, BART; PHELPS, TYLER A.; LOSS, ANA CAROLINA; TEIXEIRA, JOAO BATISTA; ROCHA, LUIZ A.. Article Assembly rules of coral reef fish communities along the depth gradient. Current Biology, v. 33, n. 8, p. 15-pg., 2023-04-24. (21/09279-4, 21/07039-6, 18/21380-0, 19/24215-2)

INAGAKI, K. Y.; MENDES, T. C.; QUIMBAYO, J. P.; CANTOR, M.; SAZIMA, I. The structure of fish follower-feeding associations at three oceanic islands in southwestern Atlantic. ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY OF FISHES, v. 103, n. 1, p. 11-pg., 2019-11-03. (18/21380-0)

QUIMBAYO, JUAN P.; MENDES, THIAGO C.; BARNECHE, DIEGO R.; DIAS, MURILO S.; GRUTTER, ALEXANDRA S.; FURTADO, MIGUEL; LEPRIEUR, FABIEN; PELLISSIER, LOIC; MAZZEI, RENATA; NARVAEZ, PAULINE; et al. Patterns of taxonomic and functional diversity in the global cleaner reef fish fauna. Journal of Biogeography, v. 48, n. 10, AUG 2021. (18/21380-0)

GARCIA, ERIC; RICE, CRISTY A.; EERNISSE, DOUGLAS J.; FORSGREN, KRISTY L.; QUIMBAYO, JUAN P.; ROUSE, GREG W.. Systematic relationships of sympatric pipefishes (Syngnathus spp.): A mismatch between morphological and molecular variation. Journal of Fish Biology, v. 95, n. 4, p. 999-1012, OCT 2019. (18/21380-0)

DIAS, MURILO S.; DE FARIA, IAN F.; GUARIDO, PAULA C. P.; TERESA, FABRICIO B.; DE AQUINO, PEDRO DE PODESTA UCHOA; QUIMBAYO, JUAN P.. Historical distribution and current drivers of guppy occurrence in Brazil. Journal of Fish Biology, v. 96, n. 4, FEB 2020. (18/21380-0)

LUZA, ANDRE L.; QUIMBAYO, JUAN P.; FERREIRA, CARLOS E. L.; FLOETER, SERGIO R.; FRANCINI-FILHO, RONALDO B.; BENDER, MARIANA G.; LONGO, GUILHERME O.. Low functional vulnerability of fish assemblages to coral loss in Southwestern Atlantic marginal reefs. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, v. 12, n. 1, p. 12-pg., 2022-10-13. (18/21380-0)

FERRARI, DEBORA S.; FLOETER, SERGIO R.; LEPRIEUR, FABIEN; QUIMBAYO, JUAN P.. A trait-based approach to marine island biogeography. Journal of Biogeography, v. 50, n. 3, p. 11-pg., 2023-01-16. (18/21380-0, 21/09279-4)

MAXWELL, MELINA F.; LEPRIEUR, FABIEN; QUIMBAYO, JUAN P.; FLOETER, SERGIO R.; BENDER, MARIANA G.. Global patterns and drivers of beta diversity facets of reef fish faunas. Journal of Biogeography, v. 49, n. 5, p. 14-pg., 2022-04-05. (21/09279-4, 18/21380-0)

SILVA, FERNANDA C.; FLOETER, SERGIO R.; LINDEGREN, MARTIN; QUIMBAYO, JUAN P.. Warming-induced changes in reef fish community traits in the Southwestern Atlantic transition zone. MARINE ECOLOGY-PROGRESS SERIES, v. 710, p. 17-pg., 2023-05-04. (21/09279-4, 18/21380-0)