V. Brambilla

Coral settlement and recruitment are negatively related to reef fish trait diversity

The paper examines how reef fish foraging trait diversity affects coral settlement and recruitment success across multiple sites.

Widespread reductions in body size are paired with stable assemblage biomass.

The paper assesses body size changes across six taxon groups and finds that decreases in body size are paired with stable assemblage biomass due to compensatory abundance increases.

Local changes dominate variation in biotic homogenization and differentiation

The paper analyzes long-term biodiversity data to show that local diversity changes drive biotic homogenization and differentiation, with homogenization more common at larger spatial and temporal scales.

Coral niche construction: coral recruitment increases along a coral-built structural complexity gradient

The paper shows that coral-built structural complexity increases larval recruitment, supporting niche construction theory in corals.

Shaping coral traits: plasticity more than filtering

This study shows that coral morphological traits are more influenced by phenotypic plasticity than environmental filtering, affecting habitat structure in reef ecosystems.

A geometric basis for surface habitat complexity and biodiversity

The paper develops a geometric theory to explain biodiversity in surface habitats, showing it explains 98% of variation in coral reefs.