Biological diversity appears to enhance the resilience of desirable ecosystem states, which
is required to secure the production of essential ecosystem services. The diversity of …

This paper briefly reviews coral–algal phase shifts on coral reefs, with particular regard to
summarizing the exogenous and endogenous factors in support of a proposed conceptual …

Increased frequency of disturbances and anthropogenic activities are predicted to have a
devastating impact on coral reefs that will ultimately change the composition of reef …

Global climate change is having devastating effects on habitat structure in coralreef
ecosystems owing to extreme environmental sensitivities and consequent bleaching of …

Global reductions in biodiversity and the accelerating loss and degradation of many of the
world's ecosystems have intensified research into the roles of species in ecosystem …

There have been several earlier studies that addressed the influence of natural disturbance
regimes on coral reefs. Humans alter natural disturbance regimes, introduce new stressors …

Abstract Changes from coral to macroalgal dominance following disturbances to corals
symbolize the global degradation of coral reefs. The development of effective conservation …

Large-scale coral bleaching has happened repeatedly in the Pacific and Indian oceans and
the Caribbean since 1982. Previously it was observed only on a small scale (Williams and …

Lobophora variegata and Dictyota pulchella are dominant algal components on coral reefs
across the Caribbean, but the mechanisms and outcomes of spatial competition between …

Large Carnivores and the Conservation of Biodiversity brings together more than thirty
leading scientists and conservation practitioners to consider a key question in environmental …