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Accepting the loss of habitat specialists in a changing world

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Global warming is irrevocably changing coastal marine communities, resulting in community reorganizations that favour generalist fishes that are able to associate with degraded or novel habitats.

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Fig. 1: Changing habitats and loss of specialists.

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