Phase shifts and the role of herbivory in the resilience of coral reefs

By M. H. Ledlie, Nicholas A. J. Graham, J. Bythell, S. Wilson, S. Jennings, Nicholas Polunin, J. Hardcastle. Coral reefs, 2007

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Subfields: Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography

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Maintenance of fish diversity on disturbed coral reefs (2009, background): “Differing feeding modes and subtle variation in the diet of EAM-feeders imply different ecological roles (Wilson et al. 2003; Bellwood et al. 2006a; Ledlie et al. 2007; Mantyka and Bellwood 2007), and the presence of a greater diversity of EAM-feeding species following disturbances suggests…”
Responses of reef fish communities to coral declines on the Great Barrier Reef (2008, background): “However, herbivorous fishes are not all equally effective in enhancing reef resilience (Bellwood et al. 2006, Ledlie et al. 2007, Mantyka & Bellwood 2007).”
Climate change and coral reef bleaching: An ecological assessment of long-term impacts, recovery trends and future outlook (2008, background): “More subtle than changes in adult fish abundances are the negative effects on recruits in the aftermath of bleaching (Booth and Beretta, 2002; Feary et al., 2007a,b; Ledlie et al., 2007).”
Climate change and the future for coral reef fishes (2008, background): “…reefs, 274 2008 The Authors Journal compilation 2008 Blackwell Publishing Ltd, F I S H and F I S H E R I E S , 9, 261–285 and could reduce the potential for recovery because even healthy herbivore populations do not always control a rapid proliferation of macroalgae (Ledlie et al. 2007).”
The shape of success in a turbulent world: wave exposure filtering of coral reef herbivory (2017, background): “Not only is it implicated in the structuring of ecosystems (Olff & Ritchie 1998; Grimme 2002), but it can also play a crucial role in their stability, and resilience to disturbances (Van Langevelde et al. 2003; Ledlie et al. 2007; Huntley 2009).”
Effects of climate-induced coral bleaching on coral-reef fishes - ecological and economic consequences (2008, background): “…macroalgae, which facilitates the settlement and subsequent survival of coral recruits (bellwood et al. 2004, Mumby et al. 2006, hughes et al. 2007, ledlie et al. 2007). some herbivores can have negative effects on coral recruitment, either through incidental predation on coral recruits…”
Grazing pressure on coral reefs decreases across a wide depth gradient in the Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea (2010, background): “Attempts to understand the effect of herbivores on coral reef ecology and resilience (Ledlie et al. 2007) must consider the deeper reefs, along with their unique abiotic and biotic characteristics: low light intensity, limited spectrum (Mass et al. 2007, Lesser et al. 2009) and different…”
Cross-shelf benthic community structure on the Great Barrier Reef: relationships between macroalgal cover and herbivore biomass (2009, background): “This is particularly true for Caribbean, Hawaiian and east African reefs, where large-scale phase shifts from coral to macroalgal dominance have occurred (Hughes 1994, Hunter & Evans 1995, Shulman & Robertson 1996, McClanahan et al. 2001, Graham et al. 2006, Ledlie et al. 2007).”
The importance of structural complexity in coral reef ecosystems (2012, background): “However, because turf is just an earlier successional stage of macroalgae, and because herbivory by some fishes can be more effective at controlling algal succession (Bellwood et al. 2006; Ledlie et al. 2007), the relationship between structural complexity and total algal cover may capture the dynam”
Trophic and benthic responses to no-take marine reserve protection in the Philippines. (2009, background): “Interactions between reef herbivores, macroalgae and corals are complex, and the expected outcomes of these interactions may be modified by disturbances (McCook et al. 2001, Ledlie et al. 2007, Mumby et al. 2007).”
Latitudinal variation in macroalgal consumption by fishes on the Great Barrier Reef (2011, background): “…reefs has raised questions about the vulnerability of inshore reefs to a phase-shift from coral to macroalgal dominance (Done et al. 2007), mirroring observed changes in other coral reef systems around the world (Hughes 1994, McClanahan et al. 2001, Graham et al. 2006, Ledlie et al. 2007).”
Capturing the cornerstones of coral reef resilience: linking theory to practice (2008, background): “2006) that kill and/or inhibit corals from recruiting; reduced palatability with increasing algal size (Bellwood et al. 2006; Ledlie et al. 2007); algae-mediated microbe-induced mortality (Smith et al.”
Alternative states on coral reefs: beyond coral–macroalgal phase shifts (2009, methodology): “A minimum persistence time of 5 yr was used, as this is in accordance with the timeframe of studies describing cases of phase shifts from coral to macroalgal states (e.g. Shulman & Robertson 1996, Ostrander et al. 2000, Graham et al. 2006, Ledlie et al. 2007).”