• Spatial variation in coral reef fish and benthic communities in the central Saudi Arabian Red Sea 

      Khalil, Maha T.; Bouwmeester, Jessica; Berumen, Michael L. ( PeerJ , 2017 , Article)
      Local-scale ecological information is critical as a sound basis for spatial management and conservation and as support for ongoing research in relatively unstudied areas. We conducted visual surveys of fish and benthic ...
    • Widespread diversity deficits of coral reef sharks and rays 

      Simpfendorfer, Colin A.; Heithaus, Michael R.; Heupel, Michelle R.; MacNeil, M. Aaron; Meekan, Mark; ... more authors ( American Association for the Advancement of Science , 2023 , Article)
      A global survey of coral reefs reveals that overfishing is driving resident shark species toward extinction, causing diversity deficits in reef elasmobranch (shark and ray) assemblages. Our species-level analysis revealed ...