Rising to the challenge of sustaining coral reef resilience

TP Hughes, NAJ Graham, JBC Jackson… - Trends in ecology & …, 2010 - cell.com
Phase-shifts from one persistent assemblage of species to another have become
increasingly commonplace on coral reefs and in many other ecosystems due to escalating …

Climate change, coral loss, and the curious case of the parrotfish paradigm: why don't marine protected areas improve reef resilience?

JF Bruno, IM Côté, LT Toth - Annual review of marine science, 2019 - annualreviews.org
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 …

Multiple disturbances and the global degradation of coral reefs: are reef fishes at risk or resilient?

SK Wilson, NAJ Graham, MS Pratchett… - Global Change …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Coral bleaching––how and why?

AE Douglas - Marine pollution bulletin, 2003 - Elsevier
Bleaching refers to the loss of colour in symbioses between dinoflagellate algae of the
genus Symbiodinium and marine benthic animals, eg corals. Bleaching generally results in …

Shifting baselines, local impacts, and global change on coral reefs

N Knowlton, JBC Jackson - PLoS biology, 2008 - journals.plos.org
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Effects of climate-induced coral bleaching on coral-reef fishes—ecological and economic consequences

MS Pratchett, PL Munday, SK Wilson… - … and marine biology, 2008 - taylorfrancis.com
Global climate change is having devastating effects on habitat structure in coralreef
ecosystems owing to extreme environmental sensitivities and consequent bleaching of …

Ecological extinction and evolution in the brave new ocean

JBC Jackson - Proceedings of the National Academy of …, 2008 - National Acad Sciences
The great mass extinctions of the fossil record were a major creative force that provided
entirely new kinds of opportunities for the subsequent explosive evolution and diversification …

Mortality, growth and reproduction in scleractinian corals following bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef

AH Baird, PA Marshall - Marine Ecology Progress Series, 2002 - int-res.com
Despite extensive research into the coral bleaching phenomena there are very few data
which examine the population biology of affected species. These data are required in order …

Do fluctuating temperature environments elevate coral thermal tolerance?

TA Oliver, SR Palumbi - Coral reefs, 2011 - Springer
In reef corals, much research has focused on the capacity of corals to acclimatize and/or
adapt to different thermal environments, but the majority of work has focused on distinctions …

Nutrient enrichment on coral reefs: is it a major cause of coral reef decline?

AM Szmant - Estuaries, 2002 - Springer
Coral reefs are degrading worldwide at an alarming rate. Nutrient over-enrichment is
considered a major cause of this decline because degraded coral reefs generally exhibit a …