Three decades of recurrent declines and recoveries in corals belie ongoing change in fish assemblages

Predicting climate-driven regime shifts versus rebound potential in coral reefs

(2015) Nicholas A. J. Graham et al.   NATURE

More coral, more fish? Contrasting snapshots from a remote Pacific atoll

(2015) Ricardo Beldade et al.   PeerJ

Metabarcoding dietary analysis of coral dwelling predatory fish demonstrates the minor contribution of coral mutualists to their highly partitioned, generalist diet

(2015) Matthieu Leray et al.   PeerJ

Human-Mediated Loss of Phylogenetic and Functional Diversity in Coral Reef Fishes

(2014) Stéphanie D’agata et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Coral Reef Community Composition in the Context of Disturbance History on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia

(2014) Nicholas A. J. Graham et al.   PLoS One

Functional over-redundancy and high functional vulnerability in global fish faunas on tropical reefs

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Assemblage Time Series Reveal Biodiversity Change but Not Systematic Loss

(2014) M. Dornelas et al.   SCIENCE

Acanthaster planci is a major cause of coral mortality in Indonesia

(2013) A. H. Baird et al.   CORAL REEFS

Evidence for multiple stressor interactions and effects on coral reefs

(2013) Stephen S. Ban et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Dynamic Stability of Coral Reefs on the West Australian Coast

(2013) Conrad W. Speed et al.   PLoS One

Relative Importance of Coral Cover, Habitat Complexity and Diversity in Determining the Structure of Reef Fish Communities

(2013) Valeriya Komyakova et al.   PLoS One

Global meta-analysis reveals no net change in local-scale plant biodiversity over time

(2013) M. Vellend et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Marine Ecosystem Responses to Cenozoic Global Change

(2013) R. D. Norris et al.   SCIENCE

Reef degradation and the loss of critical ecosystem goods and services provided by coral reef fishes

(2013) Morgan S Pratchett et al.   Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Temporary refugia for coral reefs in a warming world

(2013) R. van Hooidonk et al.   Nature Climate Change

Rare Species Support Vulnerable Functions in High-Diversity Ecosystems

(2013) David Mouillot et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Response of coral assemblages to thermal stress: are bleaching intensity and spatial patterns consistent between events?

(2012) Lucie Penin et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT

Coral recovery may not herald the return of fishes on damaged coral reefs

(2012) David R. Bellwood et al.   OECOLOGIA

Acanthaster planci Outbreak: Decline in Coral Health, Coral Size Structure Modification and Consequences for Obligate Decapod Assemblages

(2012) Matthieu Leray et al.   PLoS One

Recurrent Disturbances and the Degradation of Hard Coral Communities in Taiwan

(2012) Chao-Yang Kuo 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

The 27-year decline of coral cover on the Great Barrier Reef and its causes

(2012) G. De'ath et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Living dangerously on borrowed time during slow, unrecognized regime shifts

(2012) Terry P. Hughes et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Effects of different disturbance types on butterflyfish communities of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef

(2011) M. J. Emslie et al.   CORAL REEFS

Episodic heterogeneous decline and recovery of coral cover in the Indian Ocean

(2011) M. Ateweberhan et al.   CORAL REEFS

Acanthaster planci impact on coral communities at permanent transect sites on Bruneian reefs, with a regional overview and a critique on outbreak causes

(2011) David J.W. Lane   JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM

Disturbance and the Dynamics of Coral Cover on the Great Barrier Reef (1995–2009)

(2011) Kate Osborne et al.   PLoS One

Critical thresholds and tangible targets for ecosystem-based management of coral reef fisheries

(2011) T. R. McClanahan et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Global Human Footprint on the Linkage between Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning in Reef Fishes

(2011) Camilo Mora et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Recent disturbances augment community shifts in coral assemblages in Moorea, French Polynesia

(2010) M. S. Pratchett et al.   CORAL REEFS

Three lines of evidence to link outbreaks of the crown-of-thorns seastar Acanthaster planci to the release of larval food limitation

(2010) K. E. Fabricius et al.   CORAL REEFS

Disturbance and landscape dynamics in a changing world1

(2010) Monica G. Turner   ECOLOGY

Rising to the challenge of sustaining coral reef resilience

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

Recurrent disturbances, recovery trajectories, and resilience of coral assemblages on a South Central Pacific reef

(2009) M. Adjeroud et al.   CORAL REEFS

Recent Region-wide Declines in Caribbean Reef Fish Abundance

(2009) Michelle J. Paddack et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Towards an understanding of resilience in isolated coral reefs

(2009) ANDREW R. HALFORD et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Flattening of Caribbean coral reefs: region-wide declines in architectural complexity

(2009) L. Alvarez-Filip et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Declining Coral Calcification on the Great Barrier Reef

(2009) G. De'ath et al.   SCIENCE

Combined effects of two stressors on Kenyan coral reefs are additive or antagonistic, not synergistic

(2009) Emily S. Darling et al.   Conservation Letters

Maintenance of fish diversity on disturbed coral reefs

(2008) S. K. Wilson et al.   CORAL REEFS

Responses of reef fish communities to coral declines on the Great Barrier Reef

(2008) AJ Cheal et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Recovery from disturbance of coral and reef fish communities on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia

(2008) MJ Emslie et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Baselines and Degradation of Coral Reefs in the Northern Line Islands

(2008) Stuart A. Sandin et al.   PLoS One

A clear human footprint in the coral reefs of the Caribbean

(2008) C. Mora   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Shifting Baselines, Local Impacts, and Global Change on Coral Reefs

(2008) Nancy Knowlton et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY