Important ecosystem function, low redundancy and high vulnerability: The trifecta argument for protecting the Great Barrier Reef's tabular Acropora

Ocean Acidification Has Impacted Coral Growth on the Great Barrier Reef

(2020) Weifu Guo et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Unravelling the links between heat stress, bleaching and disease: fate of tabular corals following a combined disease and bleaching event

(2019) O. B. Brodnicke et al.   CORAL REEFS

Resistance to ocean acidification in coral reef taxa is not gained by acclimatization

(2019) S. Comeau et al.   Nature Climate Change

Independent effects of ocean warming versus acidification on the growth, survivorship and physiology of two Acropora corals

(2019) Kristen D. Anderson et al.   CORAL REEFS

Long-term growth rates and effects of bleaching in Acropora hyacinthus

(2018) Zachary Gold et al.   CORAL REEFS

Transient Grazing and the Dynamics of an Unanticipated Coral–Algal Phase Shift

(2018) Yves-Marie Bozec et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Adaptation to reef habitats through selection on the coral animal and its associated microbiome

(2018) Madeleine J. H. van Oppen et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Ocean acidification affects coral growth by reducing skeletal density

(2018) Nathaniel R. Mollica et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Coral reef habitat mapping: A combination of object-based image analysis and ecological modelling

(2018) Chris Roelfsema et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

Rehabilitation of coral reefs through removal of macroalgae: State of knowledge and considerations for management and implementation

(2018) Daniela M. Ceccarelli et al.   RESTORATION ECOLOGY

Attenuating effects of ecosystem management on coral reefs

(2018) Robert S. Steneck et al.   Science Advances

Impaired recovery of the Great Barrier Reef under cumulative stress

(2018) Juan-Carlos Ortiz et al.   Science Advances

Global warming transforms coral reef assemblages

(2018) Terry P. Hughes et al.   NATURE

The future of resilience-based management in coral reef ecosystems

(2018) Elizabeth Mcleod et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

The threat to coral reefs from more intense cyclones under climate change

(2017) Alistair J. Cheal et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Enhanced larval supply and recruitment can replenish reef corals on degraded reefs

(2017) Dexter W. dela Cruz et al.   Scientific Reports

Mass coral mortality under local amplification of 2 °C ocean warming

(2017) Thomas M. DeCarlo et al.   Scientific Reports

Assessing Different Causes of Crown-of-Thorns Starfish Outbreaks and Appropriate Responses for Management on the Great Barrier Reef

(2017) Russell C. Babcock et al.   PLoS One

A functional approach to the structural complexity of coral assemblages based on colony morphological features

(2017) Vianney Denis et al.   Scientific Reports

Controlling range expansion in habitat networks by adaptively targeting source populations

(2016) Karlo Hock et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Changes in water clarity in response to river discharges on the Great Barrier Reef continental shelf: 2002–2013

(2016) K.E. Fabricius et al.   ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE

Slow intrinsic growth rate in forest elephants indicates recovery from poaching will require decades

(2016) Andrea K. Turkalo et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Widespread occurrence of coral diseases in the central Maldives

(2016) Simone Montano et al.   MARINE AND FRESHWATER RESEARCH

A Trait-Based Approach to Advance Coral Reef Science

(2016) Joshua S. Madin et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Coral recovery in the central Maldives archipelago since the last major mass-bleaching, in 1998

(2016) C. Pisapia et al.   Scientific Reports

“Choice” and destiny: the substrate composition and mechanical stability of settlement structures can mediate coral recruit fate in post-bleached reefs

(2015) Shreya Yadav et al.   CORAL REEFS

A practical guide to the application of the IUCN Red List of Ecosystems criteria

(2015) J. P. Rodriguez et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Selective Impact of Disease on Coral Communities: Outbreak of White Syndrome Causes Significant Total Mortality of Acropora Plate Corals

(2015) Jean-Paul A. Hobbs et al.   PLoS One

Hidden impacts of ocean acidification to live and dead coral framework

(2015) S. J. Hennige et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Biodiversity and Resilience of Ecosystem Functions

(2015) Tom H. Oliver et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Do tabular corals constitute keystone structures for fishes on coral reefs?

(2014) J. T. Kerry et al.   CORAL REEFS

Contrasting rates of coral recovery and reassembly in coral communities on the Great Barrier Reef

(2014) K. A. Johns et al.   CORAL REEFS

Towards a better understanding of white syndromes and their causes on Indo-Pacific coral reefs

(2014) D. G. Bourne et al.   CORAL REEFS

Operationalizing resilience for adaptive coral reef management under global environmental change

(2014) Kenneth R.N. Anthony et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

The effects of river run-off on water clarity across the central Great Barrier Reef

(2014) K.E. Fabricius et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Global Priorities for Marine Biodiversity Conservation

(2014) Elizabeth R. Selig et al.   PLoS One

The biodiversity of species and their rates of extinction, distribution, and protection

(2014) S. L. Pimm et al.   SCIENCE

Recovery and resilience of tropical forests after disturbance

(2014) Lydia E. S. Cole et al.   Nature Communications

Global disparity in the ecological benefits of reducing carbon emissions for coral reefs

(2014) Juan Carlos Ortiz et al.   Nature Climate Change

Relationship between coral distributions and physical variables in Amitori Bay, Iriomote Island, Japan

(2014) Shinya Shimokawa et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS

Can marine cloud brightening reduce coral bleaching?

(2013) John Latham et al.   Atmospheric Science Letters

Disease outbreaks, bleaching and a cyclone drive changes in coral assemblages on an inshore reef of the Great Barrier Reef

(2013) J. Haapkylä et al.   CORAL REEFS

An Ecosystem-Level Perspective on the Host and Symbiont Traits Needed to Mitigate Climate Change Impacts on Caribbean Coral Reefs

(2013) Juan Carlos Ortiz et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Altered dynamics of forest recovery under a changing climate

(2013) Kristina J. Anderson-Teixeira et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Functional redundancy and stability in plant communities

(2013) Valério D. Pillar et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Climate change impedes scleractinian corals as primary reef ecosystem engineers

(2013) Christian Wild et al.   MARINE AND FRESHWATER RESEARCH

Changes in Bleaching Susceptibility among Corals Subject to Ocean Warming and Recurrent Bleaching in Moorea, French Polynesia

(2013) Morgan S. Pratchett et al.   PLoS One

Genomic basis for coral resilience to climate change

(2013) Daniel J. Barshis et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Protected Areas and Effective Biodiversity Conservation

(2013) S. Le Saout et al.   SCIENCE

Ecosystem Flips, Locks, and Feedbacks: the Lasting Effects of Fisheries on Maine's Kelp Forest Ecosystem

(2012) Robert S Steneck et al.   BULLETIN OF MARINE SCIENCE

The importance of structural complexity in coral reef ecosystems

(2012) N. A. J. Graham et al.   CORAL REEFS

Integrating Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Fisheries Management in the Torres Strait, Australia: the Catalytic Role of Turtles and Dugong as Cultural Keystone Species

(2012) James R. A. Butler et al.   ECOLOGY AND SOCIETY

Evidence for and against the existence of alternate attractors on coral reefs

(2012) Peter J. Mumby et al.   OIKOS

Calcification, Storm Damage and Population Resilience of Tabular Corals under Climate Change

(2012) Joshua S. Madin et al.   PLoS One

Holocene key coral species in the Northwest Pacific: indicators of reef formation and reef ecosystem responses to global climate change and anthropogenic stresses in the near future

(2012) Chuki Hongo   QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS

Ecosystem restoration with teeth: what role for predators?

(2012) Euan G. Ritchie et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Global disparity in the resilience of coral reefs

(2012) George Roff et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

A functional approach reveals community responses to disturbances

(2012) David Mouillot et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Coral resilience to ocean acidification and global warming through pH up-regulation

(2012) Malcolm McCulloch et al.   Nature Climate Change

Specializing on vulnerable habitat: Acropora selectivity among damselfish recruits and the risk of bleaching-induced habitat loss

(2011) M. C. Bonin   CORAL REEFS

The effect of coral morphology on shelter selection by coral reef fishes

(2011) J. T. Kerry et al.   CORAL REEFS

Functional and phylogenetic diversity as predictors of biodiversity–ecosystem-function relationships

(2011) Dan F. B. Flynn et al.   ECOLOGY

Implementing ecosystem-based management: evolution or revolution?

(2011) Fikret Berkes   FISH AND FISHERIES

Recolonisation of Acropora hyacinthus following climate-induced coral bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef

(2011) C Linares et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Recovery rates reflect distance to a tipping point in a living system

(2011) Annelies J. Veraart et al.   NATURE

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

(2011) Kate Osborne et al.   PLoS One

The Ecology of ‘Acroporid White Syndrome', a Coral Disease from the Southern Great Barrier Reef

(2011) George Roff et al.   PLoS One

Losers and winners in coral reefs acclimatized to elevated carbon dioxide concentrations

(2011) Katharina E. Fabricius et al.   Nature Climate Change

Coral–macroalgal phase shifts or reef resilience: links with diversity and functional roles of herbivorous fishes on the Great Barrier Reef

(2010) A. J. Cheal et al.   CORAL REEFS

Mechanisms contributing to stability in ecosystem function depend on the environmental context

(2010) Emily Grman et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Key species of hermatypic coral for reef formation in the northwest Pacific during Holocene sea-level change

(2010) Chuki Hongo et al.   MARINE GEOLOGY

Is forest diversity driving ecosystem function and service?

(2010) Karin Nadrowski et al.   Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

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

(2009) Peter J. Mumby   CORAL REEFS

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

(2009) Andrew S. Hoey et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Climate-mediated mechanical changes to post-disturbance coral assemblages

(2008) J. S Madin et al.   Biology Letters

Habitat associations of juvenile versus adult butterflyfishes

(2008) M. S. Pratchett et al.   CORAL REEFS

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

Coral reef management and conservation in light of rapidly evolving ecological paradigms

(2008) P MUMBY et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION