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This summary provides a review of the ecology of coral reef fishes, contributed by North American and Australian researchers. Areas covered include the development of non-equilibrium models of community organization and recruitment variablity in structuring local assemblages.

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• Basics
• Introduction
• The Visual World of Coral Reef Fishes
• Reef Fishes: Their History and Evolution
• Trophic Ecology
• Trophic Relationships of Fishes Specialized to Feed on Zooplankters above Coral Reefs
• Fish-1Seaweed Interactions on Coral Reefs: Effects of Herbivorous Fishes and Adaptation of Their Prey
• The Biology of Herbivorous Fishes on Coral Reefs
• Fish Predation and Its Impact on the Invertebrates of Coral Reefs and Adjacent Sediments
• Larval and Juvenile Ecology
• The Pelagic Stage of Reef Fishes: The Larval Biology of Coral Reef Fishes
• Settlement Strategies and Biogeography of Reef Fishes
• Spatial and Temporal Patterns in Recruitment
• Postrecruitment Processes in the Ecology of Coral Reef Fish Populations: A Multifactorial Perspective
• Reproductive and Life History Patterns
• Intraspecific Variability in Social Systems of Coral Reef Fishes
• The Role of Adult Biology in the Timing of Spawning of Tropical Reef Fishes
• The Use of Phenotypic Plasticity in Coral Reef Fishes as Tests of Theory in Evolutionary Ecology
• Community Organization
• Geographic Variability in the Ecology of Coral Reef Fishes: Evidence, Evolution, and Possible Implications
• Patterns and Processes in the Distribution of Coral Reef Fishes
• Predation as a Process Structuring Coral Reef Fish Communities
• Tropical and Temperate Reef Fishes: Comparison of Community Structures
• Reef Fish Communities--Open Nonequilibrial Systems
• Fisheries and Management
• Coral Reef Fisheries: Effects and Yields
• References
• Index

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CHOICE Review

The development of scuba gear opened the coral reef environment to detailed ecological observation and study. Coral reefs are unique environments because they are highly diverse communities that are largely self-contained. Studies of reef communities have contributed greatly to current concepts in ecology as indicated by frequent references found in ecological works like Ivan Valiela's Marine Ecological Processes (CH, Dec'84). The most conspicuous organisms in the reef community are the many species of fishes. There has been extensive study of the varied and unique ecological roles of coral reef fishes but, excepting faunal reviews, the literature has been almost entirely in the form of journal publications, including attempts to survey the literature. Sale, an active tropical reef fish ecologist, has invited 18 productive US and Australian reef fish ecologists to review the literature in their respective disciplines. The result is well organized and provides a comprehensive review of approximately 1,650 references. Pictoral and graphic illustrations suitably complement the text. Advanced undergraduates and up. R. L. Ridenhour; Humboldt State University