Differential competitive abilities between Caribbean coral species and a brown alga: a year of experiments and a long-term perspective

By M. Nugues, R. Bak. 2006

130 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography

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In Ecology

1. Peter J. Mumby
2. M. Slattery
3. Michael Lesser
4. Kathleen M. Morrow
5. N. Chadwick
6. S. Box
7. Mark E. Hay
8. D. Burkepile

In Global and Planetary Change

1. Peter J. Mumby
2. Kathleen M. Morrow
3. N. Chadwick
4. Michael Lesser
5. M. Slattery
6. S. Box
7. D. Burkepile
8. Valerie J. Paul

In Oceanography

1. Peter J. Mumby
2. M. Slattery
3. Kathleen M. Morrow
4. N. Chadwick
5. Michael Lesser
6. S. Box
7. V. Weis
8. Mark E. Hay

Citations in the corpus

• Phase shifts and the stability of macroalgal communities on Caribbean coral reefs (2009, background): “M ¼ M4cells Pi=7 4 2ð Þ Note that Nugues and Bak (2006) did not find significant effects of Lobophora on all coral species studied.”
• Competition Among Sessile Organisms on Coral Reefs (2011, methodology): “Finally, Nugues and Bak (2006) employed a transplant design similar to that of Jompa and McCook (2002b) to determine mechanisms of competition between six Caribbean corals and the brown alga Lobophora variegata over 1 year.”
• Effect of macroalgal competition on growth and survival of juvenile Caribbean corals (2007, background): “Whilst Nugues & Bak (2006) called for a species-specific examination of coral-algae competition, we extend their position to include an analysis by coral size.”
• Phase shift to algal dominated communities at mesophotic depths associated with lionfish (Pterois volitans) invasion on a Bahamian coral reef (2011, background): “This decrease might be attributed to competitive overgrowth by macroalgae (Hughes et al. 2003; McClanahan et al. 2003; Nugues and Bak 2006; Wulff 2006; Calderon et al. 2007).”
• Herbivory versus corallivory: are parrotfish good or bad for Caribbean coral reefs? (2009, background): “Indeed, some of these ‘weedy’ species, such as Agaricia, are particularly vulnerable to macroalgal overgrowth (Nugues and Bak 2006) and are therefore poised to benefit significantly from a reduction in macroalgal cover in response to elevated parrotfish biomass.”