Pelagic Subsidies Underpin Fish Productivity on a Degraded Coral Reef (Current Biology)

Morais and Bellwood document major pelagic subsidies to fishes on a windward low-coral reef. Pelagic subsidies increase toward forereef zones, drive total fish production, and are mediated by topographic complexity. Internal fish production does not track complexity. Pelagic subsidies may be maintained after coral loss if complexity is retained.