Testing for top-down control: can post-disturbance fisheries closures reverse algal dominance?

Ecological effects of marine reserves in Latin America and the Caribbean

(2011) AP Guarderas et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Key Features and Context-Dependence of Fishery-Induced Trophic Cascades

(2010) ANNE K. SALOMON et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Trophic cascades result in large-scale coralline algae loss through differential grazer effects

(2010) Jennifer K. O'Leary et al.   ECOLOGY

Phase shifts and stable states on coral reefs

(2010) SR Dudgeon et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Marine Reserves Enhance the Recovery of Corals on Caribbean Reefs

(2010) Peter J. Mumby et al.   PLoS One

Impact of Herbivore Identity on Algal Succession and Coral Growth on a Caribbean Reef

(2010) Deron E. Burkepile et al.   PLoS One

A Global Analysis of the Effectiveness of Marine Protected Areas in Preventing Coral Loss

(2010) Elizabeth R. Selig et al.   PLoS One

Changing Patterns of Microhabitat Utilization by the Threespot Damselfish, Stegastes planifrons, on Caribbean Reefs

(2010) William F. Precht et al.   PLoS One

Untangling Natural Seascape Variation from Marine Reserve Effects Using a Landscape Approach

(2010) Brittany E. Huntington et al.   PLoS One

Marine reserves as linked social-ecological systems

(2010) R. Pollnac et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Rising to the challenge of sustaining coral reef resilience

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

Herbivory versus corallivory: are parrotfish good or bad for Caribbean coral reefs?

(2009) Peter J. Mumby   CORAL REEFS

Effects of herbivores, nutrient enrichment, and their interactions on macroalgal proliferation and coral growth

(2009) E. E. Sotka et al.   CORAL REEFS

Phase shifts and the stability of macroalgal communities on Caribbean coral reefs

(2009) Peter J. Mumby   CORAL REEFS

Recent Region-wide Declines in Caribbean Reef Fish Abundance

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

Assessing evidence of phase shifts from coral to macroalgal dominance on coral reefs

(2009) John F. Bruno et al.   ECOLOGY

Limited Functional Redundancy in a High Diversity System: Single Species Dominates Key Ecological Process on Coral Reefs

(2009) Andrew S. Hoey et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Century-scale records of coral growth rates indicate that local stressors reduce coral thermal tolerance threshold

(2009) JESSICA E. CARILLI et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Gear-based fisheries management as a potential adaptive response to climate change and coral mortality

(2009) Joshua E. Cinner et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Effects of fisheries closure size, age, and history of compliance on coral reef fish communities in the western Indian Ocean

(2009) TR McClanahan et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Regional spatio-temporal trends in Caribbean coral reef benthic communities

(2009) VGW Schutte et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Turning back from the brink: Detecting an impending regime shift in time to avert it

(2009) Reinette Biggs et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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

Capturing the cornerstones of coral reef resilience: linking theory to practice

(2008) M. Nyström et al.   CORAL REEFS

Ocean circulation and terrestrial runoff dynamics in the Mesoamerican region from spectral optimization of SeaWiFS data and a high resolution simulation

(2008) L. M. Chérubin et al.   CORAL REEFS

Remote video bioassays reveal the potential feeding impact of the rabbitfish Siganus canaliculatus (f: Siganidae) on an inner-shelf reef of the Great Barrier Reef

(2008) R. J. Fox et al.   CORAL REEFS

Chance and randomness in design versus model-based approaches to impact assessment: comments on Bulleri et al. (2007)

(2008) ALLAN STEWART-OATEN   ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

Making empirical progress in observational ecology

(2008) M. AARON MACNEIL   ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

Climate change and coral reef bleaching: An ecological assessment of long-term impacts, recovery trends and future outlook

(2008) Andrew C. Baker et al.   ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE

Impact of coral predators on tropical reefs

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

A clear human footprint in the coral reefs of the Caribbean

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