Preface -- Foreword / Peter F. Sale -- List of contributors -- Part I. Basic Ecology. 1. Sensory biology and navigation behavior of reef fish larvae / Jelle Atema, Gabriele Gerlach, and Claire B. Paris ; 2. Mission impossible : unlocking the secrets of coral reef fish dispersal / Geoffrey P. Jones ; 3. Recruitment of coral reef fishes : linkages across stages / Su Sponaugle ; 4. Competition in reef fishes / Graham E. Forrester ; 5. Predation : piscivory and the ecology of coral reef fishes / Mark A. Hixon -- Part II. Patterns and Processes. 6. The evolution of fishes on coral reefs : fossils, phylogenies and functions / David R. Bellwood, Christopher H.R. Goatley, Peter F. Cowman, and Orpha Bellwood ; 7. Phylogeography of coral reef fishes / Jeff A. Eble, Brian W. Bowen, and Giacomo Bernardi ; 8. How many coral reef fish species are there? : cryptic diversity and the new molecular taxonomy / Benjamin C. Victor ; 9. Large-scale patterns and processes in reef fish richness / Camilo Mora ; 10. Patterns and processes in geographic range size in coral reef fishes / Benjamin I. Ruttenberg and Sarah E. Lester ; 11. Patterns and processes in reef fish body size / Michel Kulbicki, Valeriano Parravicini, and David Mouillot ; 12. Multi-scale patterns and processes in reef fish abundance / M. Aaron MacNeil and Sean R. Connolly -- Part III. Human Fingerprints. 13. Effects of climate change on coral reef fishes / Morgan S. Pratchett, Shaun K. Wilson, and Philip L. Munday ; 14. Effects of fishing on the fishes and habitat of coral reefs / Edward E. DeMartini and Jennifer E. Smith ; 15. Effects of sedimentation, eutrophication, and chemical pollution on coral reef fishes / Amelia S. Wenger, Katharina E. Fabricius, Geoffrey P. Jones, and Jon E. Brodie ; 16. Impacts of invasive species on coral reef fishes / Isabelle M. Côté and John F. Bruno ; 17. Cashing in on coral reefs : the implications of exporting reef fishes / Yvonne Sadovy de Mitcheson and Xueying Yin -- Part IV. Conservation. 18. Resilience in reef fish communities / Tim McClanahan ; 19. Phase shifts and coral reef fishes / Nicholas A.J. Graham ; 20. Extinction risk in reef fishes / Loren McClenachan ; 21. A perspective on the management of coral reef fisheries / Alan M. Friedlander ; 22. Linkages between social systems and coral reefs / Joshua E. Cinner and John N. Kittinger -- Part V. Debates and Paradigm Shifts. 23. Is dispersal of larval reef fishes passive? / Jeffrey M. Leis ; 24. Density dependence and independence and the population dynamics of coral reef fishes / Nick Tolimieri ; 25. Equilibrial versus non-equilibrial dynamics in coral reef fishes / Mark A. Steele ; 26. Cryptic density dependence : integrating supply-side ecology with population regulation / Jeffrey S. Shima and Craig W. Osenberg ; 27. Priority effects / Myra J. Shulman ; 28. Inverted trophic pyramids / Stuart A. Sandin and Brian J. Zgliczynski ; 29. Shifting baselines in coral reef fishes / Enric Sala ; 30. Pluralism explains diversity in the Coral Triangle / Paul H. Barber and Christopher P. Meyer ; 31. Reef fish biogeographical regions / John C. Briggs ; 32. Size and sex change / Robert R. Warner ; 33. Quantifying reef fishes : bias in observational approaches / Paolo Usseglio ; 34. Seascape ecology of fishes on coral reefs / Simon J. Pittman and Andrew D. Olds ; 35. The future for coral reef fishes / Peter F. Sale ; 36. Perpetual struggle for conservation in a crowded world and the needed paradigm shift for easing ultimate burdens / Camilo Mora -- References -- Index.