Instruct: Identify the main category of Biorxiv papers based on the titles and abstracts
Query: Uneven declines between corals and cryptobenthic fish symbionts from multiple disturbances With the onset and increasing frequency of multiple disturbances, the recovery potential of critical ecosystem-building species and their mutual symbionts is threatened. Similar effects to both hosts and their symbionts following disturbances have been assumed. However, we report unequal declines between hosts and symbionts throughout multiple climate-driven disturbances in reef-building Acropora corals and cryptobenthic coral-dwelling Gobiodon gobies. Communities were surveyed before and after consecutive cyclones (2014, 2015) and heatwaves (2016, 2017). After cyclones, coral size and goby group size decreased similarly by 28-30%. After heatwave-induced bleaching, coral size decreased substantially (47%) and the few gobies recorded mostly inhabited corals singly. Despite several coral species still occurring after bleaching, all goby species declined, leaving 78% of corals uninhabited. These findings suggest that gobies, which are important mutual symbionts for corals, are unable to cope with consecutive disturbances. This disproportionate decline could lead to ecosystem-level disruptions through loss of key symbiotic services to corals.
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The categories of this paper are: cognition
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The categories of this paper are: systems
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The categories of this paper are: epidemiology
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The categories of this paper are: communication
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The categories of this paper are: evolutionary
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The categories of this paper are: synthetic
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The categories of this paper are: plant
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The categories of this paper are: microbiology
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The categories of this paper are: neuroscience
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The categories of this paper are: animal
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The categories of this paper are: pharmacology
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The categories of this paper are: genetics
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The categories of this paper are: toxicology
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The categories of this paper are: zoology
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The categories of this paper are: molecular
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The categories of this paper are: bioengineering