Global disparity in the resilience of coral reefs

G Roff, PJ Mumby - Trends in ecology & evolution, 2012 - cell.com
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 …

Concise review of the genus Dictyota JV Lamouroux

KA Bogaert, S Delva, O De Clerck - Journal of Applied Phycology, 2020 - Springer
Abstract The genus Dictyota (Dictyotales, Phaeophyceae) comprises parenchymatous algae
occurring predominantly in tropical to warm-temperate waters and has gathered attention …

A standardised vocabulary for identifying benthic biota and substrata from underwater imagery: the CATAMI classification scheme

F Althaus, N Hill, R Ferrari, L Edwards, R Przeslawski… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Imagery collected by still and video cameras is an increasingly important tool for minimal
impact, repeatable observations in the marine environment. Data generated from imagery …

Avoiding coral reef functional collapse requires local and global action

EV Kennedy, CT Perry, PR Halloran, R Iglesias-Prieto… - Current Biology, 2013 - cell.com
Coral reefs face multiple anthropogenic threats, from pollution and overfishing to the dual
effects of greenhouse gas emissions: rising sea temperature and ocean acidification [1] …

The reduction of harmful algae on Caribbean coral reefs through the reintroduction of a keystone herbivore, the long‐spined sea urchin Diadema antillarum

SM Williams - Restoration Ecology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Herbivores play an essential role in the health and recovery of a coral reef ecosystem. The
lack of recovery of the keystone herbivore Diadema antillarum has had long‐lasting effects …

Habitat structural complexity metrics improve predictions of fish abundance and distribution

R Ferrari, HA Malcolm, M Byrne, A Friedman… - …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Habitat structural complexity influences biotic diversity and abundance, but its influence on
marine ecosystems has not been widely addressed. Recent advances in computer vision …

Quantifying the response of structural complexity and community composition to environmental change in marine communities

R Ferrari, M Bryson, T Bridge, J Hustache… - Global change …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Habitat structural complexity is a key factor shaping marine communities. However, accurate
methods for quantifying structural complexity underwater are currently lacking. Loss of …

Sea temperature shapes seasonal fluctuations in seaweed biomass within the Ningaloo coral reef ecosystem

CJ Fulton, M Depczynski, TH Holmes… - Limnology and …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Environmental drivers of seaweed biomass were investigated at Ningaloo, Western
Australia, a coral reef ecosystem with negligible anthropogenic influences on seaweeds …

Seabird nutrient subsidies alter patterns of algal abundance and fish biomass on coral reefs following a bleaching event

CE Benkwitt, SK Wilson, NAJ Graham - Global Change Biology, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Cross‐ecosystem nutrient subsidies play a key role in the structure and dynamics of
recipient communities, but human activities are disrupting these links. Because nutrient …

Rapidly increasing macroalgal cover not related to herbivorous fishes on Mesoamerican reefs

A Suchley, MD McField, L Alvarez-Filip - PeerJ, 2016 - peerj.com
Long-term phase shifts from coral to macroalgal dominated reef systems are well
documented in the Caribbean. Although the impact of coral diseases, climate change and …