Ecological leverage points: species interactions amplify the physiological effects of global environmental change in the ocean

KJ Kroeker, E Sanford - Annual Review of Marine Science, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Marine ecosystems are increasingly impacted by global environmental changes, including
warming temperatures, deoxygenation, and ocean acidification. Marine scientists recognize …

The indirect effects of ocean acidification on corals and coral communities

TS Hill, MO Hoogenboom - Coral Reefs, 2022 - Springer
Ocean acidification (OA) is a major threat to marine calcifying organisms. This manuscript
gives an overview of the physiological effects of acidification on reef-building corals from a …

Large-scale interventions may delay decline of the Great Barrier Reef

SA Condie, KRN Anthony… - Royal Society …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
On the iconic Great Barrier Reef (GBR), the cumulative impacts of tropical cyclones, marine
heatwaves and regular outbreaks of coral-eating crown-of-thorns starfish (CoTS) have …

Knowledge Gaps in the Biology, Ecology, and Management of the Pacific Crown-of-Thorns Sea Star Acanthaster sp. on Australia's Great Barrier Reef

MS Pratchett, CF Caballes, C Cvitanovic… - The Biological …, 2021 - journals.uchicago.edu
Crown-of-thorns sea stars (Acanthaster sp.) are among the most studied coral reef
organisms, owing to their propensity to undergo major population irruptions, which …

Corallivory in the Anthropocene: interactive effects of anthropogenic stressors and corallivory on coral reefs

MM Rice, L Ezzat, DE Burkepile - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Corallivory is the predation of coral mucus, tissue, and skeleton by fishes and invertebrates,
and a source of chronic stress for many reef-building coral species. Corallivores often prey …

Crown of thorns starfish life-history traits contribute to outbreaks, a continuing concern for coral reefs

DJ Deaker, M Byrne - Emerging Topics in Life Sciences, 2022 - portlandpress.com
Crown of thorns starfish (COTS, Acanthaster sp.) are notorious for their destructive
consumption of coral that decimates tropical reefs, an attribute unique among tropical …

Juvenile waiting stage crown‐of‐thorns sea stars are resilient in heatwave conditions that bleach and kill corals

M Byrne, DJ Deaker, M Gibbs… - Global Change …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The juveniles of predatory sea stars can remain in their recruitment–nursery habitat for some
time before their ontogenetic shift to the adult habitat and diet. These small juveniles are …

Priority species to support the functional integrity of coral reefs

K Wolfe, K Anthony, RC Babcock, L Bay… - … and marine biology, 2020 - library.oapen.org
Ecosystem-based management on coral reefs has historically focused on biodiversity
conservation through the establishment of marine reserves, but it is increasingly recognised …

Predicting effects of multiple interacting global change drivers across trophic levels

SJ Van Moorsel, E Thébault, V Radchuk… - Global Change …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Global change encompasses many co‐occurring anthropogenic drivers, which can act
synergistically or antagonistically on ecological systems. Predicting how different global …

Contrasting size and fate of juvenile crown-of-thorns starfish linked to ontogenetic diet shifts

JC Wilmes, AS Hoey… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Population dynamics of organisms are shaped by the variation in phenotypic traits, often
expressed even among individuals from the same cohort. For example, individual variation …