Masahiro Horinouchi

TL;DR: The gut contents of 53 fish species, collected in an Enhauls acoroides-dominated bed at Iriomote Island, southern Japan, were examined and showed that the seagrass fish assemblage comprised seven feeding guilds, with small-crustacean feeders being the most abundantly represented.

TL;DR: Studies on the effects of within-patch scale structure of seagrass habitats on predator–prey fish interactions and abundance/habitat use patterns were reviewed, and it is premature to conclude that segrass presence is almost always negatively related to predator foraging efficiency or that increasing seagRass abundance is usually associated with a decrease in predator efficiency.

TL;DR: Stomach content and stable isotope analyses of L. fulvus showed that specimens from mangroves fed on mangrove-associated prey, whereas those from the coral reef took coral reef- associated prey, indicating that the species undergoes ontogenetic changes in resource use from theMangroves to the coral Reef, i.e. coral reef individuals did not migrate to the mangroaves to feed.

TL;DR: To clarify the feeding habits of seagrass fishes, the gut contents of 31 fish species collected in aZostera marina bed at Aburatsubo central Japan, were examined, showing small-crustacean feeders and planktonic-animal feeders were the most abundantly represented, including juveniles of several species, which, when adult, transferred to other feeding guilds.

TL;DR: SIMPER analysis showed that fish assemblages in the tabular coral area were mainly characterized by Acanthurus nigrofuscus, Pomacentrus lepidogenys, P. philippinus and P. vaiuli, suggesting that the mangrove estuary and seagrass bed have a nursery function.