Variability in the Effects of Macroalgae on the Survival and Growth of Corals: The Consumer Connection

Consumer diversity interacts with prey defenses to drive ecosystem function

(2013) Douglas B. Rasher et al.   ECOLOGY

Multiple defender effects: synergistic coral defense by mutualist crustaceans

(2012) C. Seabird McKeon et al.   OECOLOGIA

Macroalgae Decrease Growth and Alter Microbial Community Structure of the Reef-Building Coral, Porites astreoides

(2012) Rebecca Vega Thurber et al.   PLoS One

Predator Crown-of-Thorns Starfish (Acanthaster planci) Outbreak, Mass Mortality of Corals, and Cascading Effects on Reef Fish and Benthic Communities

(2012) Mohsen Kayal et al.   PLoS One

Associational refuges among corals mediate impacts of a crown-of-thorns starfish Acanthaster planci outbreak

(2011) Mohsen Kayal et al.   CORAL REEFS

Context-dependent corallivory by parrotfishes in a Caribbean reef ecosystem

(2011) Deron E. Burkepile   CORAL REEFS

Influence of corallivory, competition, and habitat structure on coral community shifts

(2011) Hunter S. Lenihan et al.   ECOLOGY

Suppression of herbivory by macroalgal density: a critical feedback on coral reefs?

(2011) Andrew S. Hoey et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Herbivory, Connectivity, and Ecosystem Resilience: Response of a Coral Reef to a Large-Scale Perturbation

(2011) Thomas C. Adam et al.   PLoS One

Macroalgal terpenes function as allelopathic agents against reef corals

(2011) D. B. Rasher et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Coral density and predation affect growth of a reef-building coral

(2010) A. A. Shantz et al.   CORAL REEFS

Indirect effects of a key ecosystem engineer alter survival and growth of foundation coral species

(2010) Jada-Simone S. White et al.   ECOLOGY

Effects of predators and grazers exclusion on early post-settlement coral mortality

(2010) Lucie Penin et al.   HYDROBIOLOGIA

Crossing gradients of consumer pressure and physical stress on shallow rocky reefs: a test of the stress-gradient hypothesis

(2010) Fabio Bulleri et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Macroalgae reduce growth of juvenile corals but protect them from parrotfish damage

(2010) DE Venera-Ponton et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Rising to the challenge of sustaining coral reef resilience

(2010) Terry P. Hughes et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Turbinaria ornata as an herbivory refuge for associate algae

(2009) Sarah Joy Bittick et al.   MARINE BIOLOGY

Territorial damselfishes facilitate survival of corals by providing an associational defense against predators

(2009) DJ Gochfeld   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Diversity and functional importance of coral-feeding fishes on tropical coral reefs

(2008) Andrew J. Cole et al.   FISH AND FISHERIES

The role of spatial and ontogenetic morphological variation in the expansion of the geographic range of the tropical brown alga, Turbinaria ornata

(2008) H. L. Stewart   INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY

Reef structure regulates small-scale spatial variation in coral bleaching

(2008) HS Lenihan et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Impact of coral predators on tropical reefs

(2008) RD Rotjan et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES