Global disparity in the resilience of coral reefs
The great sensitivity of coral reefs to climate change has raised concern over their resilience.
An emerging body of resilience theory stems largely from research carried out in a single …
An emerging body of resilience theory stems largely from research carried out in a single …
Unseen players shape benthic competition on coral reefs
Recent work has shown that hydrophilic and hydrophobic organic matter (OM) from algae
disrupts the function of the coral holobiont and promotes the invasion of opportunistic …
disrupts the function of the coral holobiont and promotes the invasion of opportunistic …
[HTML][HTML] Overfishing and nutrient pollution interact with temperature to disrupt coral reefs down to microbial scales
Losses of corals worldwide emphasize the need to understand what drives reef decline.
Stressors such as overfishing and nutrient pollution may reduce resilience of coral reefs by …
Stressors such as overfishing and nutrient pollution may reduce resilience of coral reefs by …
Re-evaluating the health of coral reef communities: baselines and evidence for human impacts across the central Pacific
Numerous studies have documented declines in the abundance of reef-building corals over
the last several decades and in some but not all cases, phase shifts to dominance by …
the last several decades and in some but not all cases, phase shifts to dominance by …
Global assessment of the status of coral reef herbivorous fishes: evidence for fishing effects
CB Edwards, AM Friedlander… - … of the Royal …, 2014 - royalsocietypublishing.org
On coral reefs, herbivorous fishes consume benthic primary producers and regulate
competition between fleshy algae and reef-building corals. Many of these species are also …
competition between fleshy algae and reef-building corals. Many of these species are also …
Characterizing the ecological trade‐offs throughout the early ontogeny of coral recruitment
Drivers of recruitment in sessile marine organisms are often poorly understood, due to the
rapidly changing requirements experienced during early ontogeny. The complex suite of …
rapidly changing requirements experienced during early ontogeny. The complex suite of …
Coral and macroalgal exudates vary in neutral sugar composition and differentially enrich reef bacterioplankton lineages
Increasing algal cover on tropical reefs worldwide may be maintained through feedbacks
whereby algae outcompete coral by altering microbial activity. We hypothesized that algae …
whereby algae outcompete coral by altering microbial activity. We hypothesized that algae …
The parrotfish–coral relationship: refuting the ubiquity of a prevailing paradigm
GR Russ, SLA Questel, JR Rizzari, AC Alcala - Marine Biology, 2015 - Springer
It has become almost paradigmatic in the coral reef literature that fishing-induced reductions
of parrotfish abundance cause benthic phase shifts from coral to macroalgal dominance …
of parrotfish abundance cause benthic phase shifts from coral to macroalgal dominance …
Coral reef ecology in the Anthropocene
We are in the Anthropocene—an epoch where humans are the dominant force of planetary
change. Ecosystems increasingly reflect rapid human‐induced, socioeconomic and cultural …
change. Ecosystems increasingly reflect rapid human‐induced, socioeconomic and cultural …
Coral reef benthic community changes in the Anthropocene: Biogeographic heterogeneity, overlooked configurations, and methodology
Non‐random community changes are becoming more frequent in many ecosystems. In coral
reefs, changes towards communities dominated by other than hard corals are increasing in …
reefs, changes towards communities dominated by other than hard corals are increasing in …