Scientists have advocated for local interventions, such as creating marine protected areas
and implementing fishery restrictions, as ways to mitigate local stressors to limit the effects of …

Resilience underpins the sustainability of both ecological and social systems. Extensive loss
of reef corals following recent mass bleaching events have challenged the notion that …

Coral reef ecosystems are being fundamentally restructured by local human impacts and
climate-driven marine heatwaves that trigger mass coral bleaching and mortality. Reducing …

Coral reef ecosystems are remarkable for their high productivity in nutrient-poor waters. A
high proportion of primary production is consumed by the dominant herbivore assemblage …

Fishes are the most diverse group of vertebrates, play key functional roles in aquatic
ecosystems, and provide protein for a billion people, especially in the developing world …

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 …

The unique traits of large animals often allow them to fulfill functional roles in ecosystems
that small animals cannot. However, large animals are also at greater risk from human …

Parrotfishes (Scarini) are considered key agents in coral reef health and recovery, but the
drivers of parrotfish–coral dynamics remain contentious. The prevailing view of parrotfishes …

Surgeonfishes have had a long evolutionary history that has been closely linked with coral
reef ecosystems. Today they are a key component of reef fish assemblages, playing a …

Coral reefs provide food and livelihoods for hundreds of millions of people as well as
harbour some of the highest regions of biodiversity in the ocean. However, overexploitation …