Safeguarding nutrients from coral reefs under climate change
The sustainability of coral reef fisheries is jeopardized by complex and interacting socio-
ecological stressors that undermine their contribution to food and nutrition security. Climate …
ecological stressors that undermine their contribution to food and nutrition security. Climate …
Climatic and local stressor interactions threaten tropical forests and coral reefs
Tropical forests and coral reefs host a disproportionately large share of global biodiversity
and provide ecosystem functions and services used by millions of people. Yet, ongoing …
and provide ecosystem functions and services used by millions of people. Yet, ongoing …
The 2014–2017 global-scale coral bleaching event: insights and impacts
CM Eakin, HPA Sweatman, RE Brainard - Coral Reefs, 2019 - Springer
2017 was an unprecedented period of successive record-breaking hot years, which
coincided with the most severe, widespread, and longest-lasting global-scale coral …
coincided with the most severe, widespread, and longest-lasting global-scale coral …
Marine heatwaves are not a dominant driver of change in demersal fishes
Marine heatwaves have been linked to negative ecological effects in recent decades,. If
marine heatwaves regularly induce community reorganization and biomass collapses in …
marine heatwaves regularly induce community reorganization and biomass collapses in …
Biodiversity increases ecosystem functions despite multiple stressors on coral reefs
Positive relationships between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning (BEF) highlight the
importance of conserving biodiversity to maintain key ecosystem functions and associated …
importance of conserving biodiversity to maintain key ecosystem functions and associated …
Changing role of coral reef marine reserves in a warming climate
Coral reef ecosystems are among the first to fundamentally change in structure due to
climate change, which leads to questioning of whether decades of knowledge regarding reef …
climate change, which leads to questioning of whether decades of knowledge regarding reef …
Marine heatwave hotspots in coral reef environments: physical drivers, ecophysiological outcomes, and impact upon structural complexity
A changing climate is driving increasingly common and prolonged marine heatwaves
(MHWs) and these extreme events have now been widely documented to severely impact …
(MHWs) and these extreme events have now been widely documented to severely impact …
Risks to future atoll habitability from climate‐driven environmental changes
Recent assessments of future risk to atoll habitability have focused on island erosion and
submergence, and have overlooked the effects of other climate‐related drivers, as well as …
submergence, and have overlooked the effects of other climate‐related drivers, as well as …
Severe coral loss shifts energetic dynamics on a coral reef
Declining coral cover and loss of structural complexity are widely reported on today's coral
reefs. While coral loss frequently triggers changes in coral reef fish assemblage structure …
reefs. While coral loss frequently triggers changes in coral reef fish assemblage structure …
The functional roles of surgeonfishes on coral reefs: past, present and future
Surgeonfishes have had a long evolutionary history that has been closely linked with coral
reef ecosystems. Today they are a key component of reef fish assemblages, playing a …
reef ecosystems. Today they are a key component of reef fish assemblages, playing a …