| reef flattening effects on total richness and species responses in the caribbean. | there has been ongoing flattening of caribbean coral reefs with the loss of habitat having severe implications for these systems. complexity and its structural components are important to fish species richness and community composition, but little is known about its role for other taxa or species-specific responses. this study reveals the importance of reef habitat complexity and structural components to different taxa of macrofauna, total species richness, and individual coral and fish species ... | 2015 | 26344713 |