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However, due to their sensitivity to environmental changes, reef degradation has led to a drastic decline in fish and reef assemblages, which has also been reflected in associated economic activities. The loss of branching corals\n                    <jats:italic>Acropora palmata<\/jats:italic>\n                    and\n                    <jats:italic>A.\u00a0cervicornis<\/jats:italic>\n                    has reached up to 90% in the Colombian Caribbean, resulting in a reduction in the abundance and diversity of associated fish populations. During two time periods (2011\u20132012 and 2023\u20132024) across the Colombian Caribbean, fish associated with\n                    <jats:italic>Acropora<\/jats:italic>\n                    formations were evaluated in relation to patch size and health status of these coral species. The best conserved patches of\n                    <jats:italic>A. palmata<\/jats:italic>\n                    were found in the Tayrona National Natural Park (TNNP) and of\n                    <jats:italic>A. cervicornis<\/jats:italic>\n                    in the reefs of the Urab\u00e1 Gulf. A total of 113 fish species from 34 families were associated with\n                    <jats:italic>A. palmata<\/jats:italic>\n                    , with the most represented families being Labridae, Haemulidae, Pomacentridae, and Serranidae.\n                    <jats:italic>Acanthurus coeruleus, A. tractus, Chaetodon ocellatus, Haemulon flavolineatum, Scarus iseri<\/jats:italic>\n                    ,\n                    <jats:italic>Sparisoma viride<\/jats:italic>\n                    ,\n                    <jats:italic>Thalassoma bifasciatum, Abudefduf saxatilis<\/jats:italic>\n                    ,\n                    <jats:italic>Microspathodon chrysurus<\/jats:italic>\n                    ,\n                    <jats:italic>Stegastes adustus<\/jats:italic>\n                    , and\n                    <jats:italic>Canthigaster rostrata<\/jats:italic>\n                    were the species common to all reef locations. In\n                    <jats:italic>A. cervicornis<\/jats:italic>\n                    formations, 78 species belonging to 25 families were recorded, with Labridae and Pomacentridae as the most abundant.\n                    <jats:italic>Stegastes planifrons<\/jats:italic>\n                    ,\n                    <jats:italic>Cephalopholis cruentata,<\/jats:italic>\n                    and\n                    <jats:italic>Hypoplectrus puella<\/jats:italic>\n                    were the species common to all locations. The highest number of fish species was found in the TNNP (85 for\n                    <jats:italic>A. palmata<\/jats:italic>\n                    , 55 for\n                    <jats:italic>A. cervicornis<\/jats:italic>\n                    ). Although the status is critical throughout the Caribbean, further aggravated by the 2023\u20132024 bleaching event which caused\n                    <jats:italic>A.\u00a0palmata<\/jats:italic>\n                    formations to practically disappear from two localities, this structural loss has not yet been reflected in the associated ichthyofauna. These results suggest that the fish assemblages linked to\n                    <jats:italic>Acropora<\/jats:italic>\n                    corals in the Colombian Caribbean remain relatively stable; however, it is unclear for how long they will persist.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.7717\/peerj.21744","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,10,5]],"date-time":"2026-10-05T08:06:21Z","timestamp":1791187581000},"page":"e21744","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Reef fish assemblages on\n                    <i>Acropora<\/i>\n                    patches in the Colombian Caribbean: resistance to reef degradation"],"prefix":"10.7717","volume":"14","author":[{"given":"Rocio","family":"Garc\u00eda-Urue\u00f1a","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Grupo de Investigaci\u00f3n Ecolog\u00eda y Diversidad de Algas Marinas y Arrecifes Coralinos, Universidad del Magdalena, Santa Marta, Colombia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Silvia L.","family":"Sierra-Escrigas","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Grupo de Investigaci\u00f3n Ecolog\u00eda y Diversidad de Algas Marinas y Arrecifes Coralinos, Universidad del Magdalena, Santa Marta, Colombia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Arturo","family":"Acero P","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Instituto de Estudios en Ciencias del Mar, CECIMAR, Universidad Nacional de Colombia sede Caribe,  Santa Marta, Colombia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"4443","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,10,5]]},"reference":[{"issue":"159","key":"10.7717\/peerj.21744\/ref-1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"200","DOI":"10.18257\/raccefyn.480","article-title":"Biodiversidad \u00edctica de los mares colombianos: riqueza amenazada","volume":"41","author":"Acero","year":"2017","journal-title":"Revista de la Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas, F\u00edsicas y Naturales"},{"issue":"3-4","key":"10.7717\/peerj.21744\/ref-2","first-page":"184","article-title":"Peces de la familia Chaetodontidae y Pomacanthidae en la regi\u00f3n de Santa Marta (Colombia): densidad y relaci\u00f3n con la calidad del arrecife","volume":"28","author":"Acero","year":"1992","journal-title":"Caribbean Journal of Science"},{"key":"10.7717\/peerj.21744\/ref-3","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"285","DOI":"10.1007\/s00442-014-3011-x","article-title":"How will coral reef fish communities respond to climate-driven disturbances? 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