Seasonality, niche management and vertical migration in landscapes of relief

C John, E Post - Ecography, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Landscapes of vertical relief, such as mountains and continental slopes, intensify ecological
and climatological variation within narrow spatial windows. Seasonal vertical migrants …

A functional perspective on the meaning of the term 'herbivore': patterns versus processes in coral reef fishes

SB Tebbett, S Bennett, DR Bellwood - Coral Reefs, 2024 - Springer
Herbivorous fishes are a key functional group in coral reef ecosystems and have been the
focus of a vast body of research. While substantial progress has been made in research …

Changing disturbance regimes, material legacies, and stabilizing feedbacks: Dead coral skeletons impair key recovery processes following coral bleaching

KL Kopecky, SJ Holbrook, E Partlow… - Global Change …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Ecosystem responses to disturbance depend on the nature of the perturbation and the
ecological legacies left behind, making it critical to understand how climate‐driven changes …

Evaluating the precariousness of coral recovery when coral and macroalgae are alternative basins of attraction

RJ Schmitt, SJ Holbrook, AJ Brooks… - Limnology and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
When coral and macroalgae are alternative attractors, the trajectory of the benthic
community following a major disturbance is shaped in part by whether herbivores keep …

Functional diversity in herbivorous fishes on Caribbean reefs: The role of macroalgal traits in driving interspecific differences in feeding behavior

DE Burkepile, TC Adam, JE Allgeier, AA Shantz - Food Webs, 2022 - Elsevier
Understanding how functional traits drive plant-herbivore interactions often illuminates the
mechanisms driving niche partitioning and functional diversity in this important guild of …

How do fisher responses to macroalgal overgrowth influence the resilience of coral reefs?

A Rassweiler, SD Miller, SJ Holbrook… - Limnology and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Many coral reefs have shifted from coral‐to macroalgae‐dominated community states,
heightening the need to understand resilience of coral communities. Fishing on herbivores …

Patterns and implications of spatial covariation in herbivore functions on resilience of coral reefs

DT Cook, SJ Holbrook, RJ Schmitt - Scientific Reports, 2025 - nature.com
Persistent shifts to undesired ecological states, such as shifts from coral to macroalgae, are
becoming more common. This highlights the need to understand processes that can help …

Farmerfish gardens help buffer stony corals against marine heat waves

RN Honeycutt, SJ Holbrook, AJ Brooks, RJ Schmitt - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
With marine heat waves increasing in intensity and frequency due to climate change, it is
important to understand how thermal disturbances will alter coral reef ecosystems since …

Compounded effects of sea urchin grazing and physical disturbance on macroalgal canopies in the lagoon of Moorea, French Polynesia

F Bulleri, C Pozas-Schacre, H Bischoff… - Marine Ecology …, 2022 - int-res.com
Release from herbivory is a factor underpinning coral replacement by macroalgae. Once
macroalgae have achieved dominance, shifts back to the coral-dominated state can be …

Long‐term ecological research and the COVID‐19 anthropause: A window to understanding social–ecological disturbance

EE Gaiser, JS Kominoski, DM McKnight, CA Bahlai… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The period of disrupted human activity caused by the COVID‐19 pandemic, coined the
“anthropause,” altered the nature of interactions between humans and ecosystems. It is …