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Macroalgal browsing on a heavily degraded, urbanized equatorial reef system. <i>NPG Scientific Reports 7(1)</i>: 8 pp. <a href=\"https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-08873-3\" target=\"_blank\">https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-08873-3</a>","BEntID":281442,"PublicFlag":1,"CheckedFlag":1,"wosflag":1,"vabbflag":1,"RefStringPartII":". <i>NPG Scientific Reports 7(1)</i>: 8 pp. <a href=\"https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-08873-3\" target=\"_blank\">https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-08873-3</a>","DocTypID":8,"DocType":"Journal article","MarineFlag":0,"FreshFlag":0,"BrackishFlag":0,"TerrestrialFlag":0,"Authorstring":"Bauman, A.G.; Hoey, A.S.; Dunshea, G.; Feary, D.A.; Low, J.; Todd, P.A.","OrigTitleTranslFlag":0,"Authorstringtrunc":"Bauman, A.G. <i>et al.</i>","Englishabstract":"The removal of macroalgal biomass is critical to the health of coral reef ecosystems. Previous studies on relatively intact reefs with diverse and abundant fish communities have quantified rapid removal of macroalgae by herbivorous fishes, yet how these findings relate to degraded reef systems where fish diversity and abundance are markedly lower and algal biomass substantially higher, is unclear. We surveyed roving herbivorous fish communities and quantified their capacity to remove the dominant macroalga Sargassum ilicifolium on seven reefs in Singapore; a heavily degraded urbanized reef system. The diversity and abundance of herbivorous fishes was extremely low, with eight species and a mean abundance similar to 1.1 individuals 60 m(-2) recorded across reefs. Consumption of S. ilicifolium varied with distance from Singapore's main port with consumption being 3-to 17-fold higher on reefs furthest from the port (Pulau Satumu: 4.18 g h(-1); Kusu Island: 2.38 g h(-1)) than reefs closer to the port (0.35-0.78 g h(-1)). 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