ReefSYN | Standardized datasets of Brazilian reef diversity in space and time - Dataset IX: Trophic interactions along the Western Atlantic

Guilherme O. Longo; Kelly Y. Inagaki; Sergio R. Floeter

doi:10.25607/7vomv6

ReefSYN | Standardized datasets of Brazilian reef diversity in space and time - Dataset IX: Trophic interactions along the Western Atlantic

Citation

Longo G O, Inagaki K Y, Floeter S R, Luza A L (2024). ReefSYN | Standardized datasets of Brazilian reef diversity in space and time - Dataset IX: Trophic interactions along the Western Atlantic. Version 2.3. Tropical and Subtropical Western South Atlantic OBIS. Sampling event dataset https://doi.org/10.25607/7vomv6 accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-05-17.

Description

This dataset is part of a broader compilation named 'Standardized datasets of Brazilian reef diversity in space and time' created from a research network of reef scientists within several projects and collaborations and finally gathered and published by the ReefSYN group. This dataset, used by Longo et al. (2019) and Inagaki et al. (2020), includes records of feeding behavior of fish over the benthic communities, as well as interactions among fish. Longo GO, Hay ME, Ferreira CEL, Floeter SR (2019) Trophic interactions across 61 degrees of latitude in the Western Atlantic. Glob. Ecol. Biogeogr. 28: 107-117. doi: 10.1111/geb.12806 Inagaki KY, Pennino MG, Floeter SR, Hay ME, Longo GO (2020) Trophic interactions will expand geographically but be less intense as oceans warm. Global Change Biology, 26: 6805–6812. doi: 10.1111/gcb.15346

Sampling Description

Study Extent

Fish feeding pressure was assessed on the benthos in 15 locations across 61° of latitude (from 34°N to 27°S) comprising tropical and extratropical sites in both Hemispheres of the Western Atlantic during the summer of each Hemisphere between 2011 and 2014. Although we describe here the Brazilian Province subset, the complete dataset can be requested from AL Luza and GO Longo.

Sampling

At each of the 15 locations, we sampled between two and six hard‐substrate sites separated by 0.5–90 km and at depths ranging from 1 to 25 m (but most in the 3–12 m range). At each site, we videoed replicated 2 m × 1 m areas positioned hap‐ hazardly on the reefs (5–40 samples per site) and separated from its nearest neighbour by 5–10 m.

Quality Control

The name of all taxa was checked against the WoRMS database (World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS, 2022)), using the R package “worrms” (Chamberlain 2020). Thus, valid scientific names were called “scientificNameAccepted” following the DCS standard. The last checking was done on 23 October 2023, using the version 0.4.2 of ‘worrms’ R package.

Method steps

We evaluated 1,038 10 min videos, with a mean of c. 17 videos per site and approximately four sites per location. In each video, every fish feeding on the benthos was identified and had its total length estimated, and the number of bites on the reef substratum was counted (Longo et al., 2014). Feeding pressure was estimated as the product of the number of bites taken and the body mass (in kilograms) of the fish, obtained through length–weight rela‐ tionships from the literature (Froese & Pauly, 2016). The inclusion of fish biomass accounts for body size variation, per unit time and area [(Bites × kg)/(2 m2 × 10 min)]. Benthic cover estimates for each 2 m2 area videoed were obtained through visual assessments from the videos in association with five detailed pictures of the videoed area. Froese, R., & Pauly, D. (2016). FishBase. Retrieved from www.fishbase.org Longo, G. O., Ferreira, C. E. L., & Floeter, S. R. (2014). Herbivory drives large‐scale spatial variation in reef fish trophic interactions. Ecology and Evolution, 4(23), 4553–4566. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.1310

Taxonomic Coverages

Abudefduf saxatilis
Acanthostracion polygonium
Acanthostracion quadricornis
Acanthurus
Acanthurus bahianus
Acanthurus chirurgus
Acanthurus coeruleus
Aetobatus narinari
Aluterus monoceros
Aluterus scriptus
Amblycirrhitus pinos
Anchoviella lepidentostole
Anisotremus moricandi
Anisotremus surinamensis
Anisotremus virginicus
Apogon americanus
Arcos rhodospilus
Aulostomus maculatus
Aulostomus strigosus
Azurina multilineata
Balistes vetula
Bodianus pulchellus
Bodianus rufus
Bothus
Bothus ocellatus
Calamus calamus
Calamus penna
Cantherhines pullus
Canthidermis maculata
Canthigaster figueiredoi
Caranx
Caranx bartholomaei
Caranx crysos
Caranx latus
Caranx ruber
Cephalopholis fulva
Chaetodipterus faber
Chaetodon ocellatus
Chaetodon sedentarius
Chaetodon striatus
Chilomycterus reticulatus
Chilomycterus spinosus spinosus
Chloroscombrus chrysurus
Chromis flavicauda
Chromis jubauna
Clepticus brasiliensis
Coryphopterus glaucofraenum
Cryptotomus roseus
Dactylopterus volitans
Decapterus macarellus
Diodon hystrix
Diplectrum radiale
Diplodus argenteus
Elacatinus figaro
Epinephelus adscensionis
Epinephelus marginatus
Epinephelus morio
Eucinostomus lefroyi
Eucinostomus melanopterus
Fistularia tabacaria
Ginglymostoma cirratum
Haemulon
Haemulon atlanticus
Haemulon aurolineatum
Haemulon parra
Haemulon plumierii
Haemulon squamipinna
Halichoeres
Halichoeres bivittatus
Halichoeres brasiliensis
Halichoeres dimidiatus
Halichoeres penrosei
Halichoeres poeyi
Halichoeres radiatus
Heteropriacanthus cruentatus
Holacanthus ciliaris
Holacanthus tricolor
Holocentrus adscensionis
Hypanus marianae
Kyphosus
Kyphosus sectatrix
Kyphosus vaigiensis
Labrisomus
Labrisomus nuchipinnis
Lactophrys trigonus
Lutjanus
Lutjanus alexandrei
Lutjanus analis
Lutjanus apodus
Lutjanus cyanopterus
Lutjanus jocu
Lutjanus synagris
Malacanthus plumieri
Malacoctenus
Malacoctenus delalandii
Malacoctenus triangulatus
Melichthys niger
Microspathodon chrysurus
Mugil curema
Mulloidichthys martinicus
Mycteroperca
Mycteroperca acutirostris
Mycteroperca bonaci
Mycteroperca interstitialis
Myrichthys breviceps
Myrichthys ocellatus
Myripristis jacobus
Negaprion brevirostris
Ocyurus chrysurus
Odontoscion dentex
Ophioblennius macclurei
Ophioblennius trinitatis
Orthopristis ruber
Parablennius
Parablennius marmoreus
Parablennius pilicornis
Pareques acuminatus
Pomacanthus arcuatus
Pomacanthus paru
Priacanthus arenatus
Pseudocaranx dentex
Pseudupeneus maculatus
Rhomboplites aurorubens
Rypticus saponaceus
Sardinella brasiliensis
Scarus
Scarus trispinosus
Scarus zelindae
Scomberomorus regalis
Scorpaena
Scorpaena brasiliensis
Seriola rivoliana
Serranus baldwini
Serranus flaviventris
Sparisoma
Sparisoma amplum
Sparisoma axillare
Sparisoma frondosum
Sparisoma radians
Sparisoma tuiupiranga
Sphoeroides camila
Sphoeroides greeleyi
Sphoeroides testudineus
Sphyraena barracuda
Sphyraena borealis
Stegastes fuscus
Stegastes pictus
Stegastes rocasensis
Stegastes variabilis
Stephanolepis hispidus
Synodus
Synodus intermedius
Synodus synodus
Thalassoma noronhanum

Geographic Coverages

These data were obtained from 70 localities from 17 different locations spanning 61 degrees of latitude, from 34°N to 27°S.

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Guilherme O. Longo
originator
position: Professor
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte

Kelly Y. Inagaki
originator
position: Researcher
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte

Sergio R. Floeter
originator
position: Professor
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
BR

André L. Luza
metadata author
position: Post-doctoral fellow
Universidade Federal de Santa Maria
BR

Guilherme O. Longo
metadata author
position: Professor
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte

Kelly Y. Inagaki
metadata author
position: Researcher
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte

Cesar A. M. M. Cordeiro
user
position: Professor
Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense
email: cesarcordeiro@uenf.br

Juan P. Quimbayo
author
position: Post-doctoral fellow
Universidade de São Paulo

Renato Morais
author
position: Post-doctoral fellow
IRD
FR

Thiago C. Mendes
author
position: Post-doctoral fellow
Universidade Federal Fluminense
BR

Diego Barneche
author
position: Researcher
AIMS
AU

Luisa Fontoura
author
position: Post-doctoral fellow
Macquarie University
AU

Anaide W. Aued
author
position: Post-doctoral fellow
Brown University
BR

Marina N. Sissini
author
position: Post-doctoral fellow
Universidade Federal Fluminense

Roberta Bonaldo
author
position: Researcher
Independent

Davi V. Candido
author
position: Researcher
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

Edson Faria Jr.
author
position: Researcher
Independent

Cesar A. M. M. Cordeiro
administrative point of contact
position: Professor
Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense
BR
email: cesarcordeiro@uenf.br

Guilherme O. Longo
administrative point of contact
position: Professor
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
email: guilherme.o.longo@gmail.com

Kelly Y. Inagaki
administrative point of contact
position: Researcher
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
email: kyuminagaki@gmail.com