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

By M. Nyström, Nicholas A. J. Graham, Jerker Lokrantz, A. Norström. Coral reefs, 2008

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Subfields: Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

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Changes in Biodiversity and Functioning of Reef Fish Assemblages following Coral Bleaching and Coral Loss (2011, background): “, due to differences in home ranges) [7,95].”
Alternative states on coral reefs: beyond coral–macroalgal phase shifts (2009, background): “Hysteresis implies that state variables (e.g. herbivore biomass) in shifted ecosystems need to be restored to levels way beyond the threshold values that initially caused the shift (O’Neill 1998, Suding et al. 2004).”
Phase shifts and the stability of macroalgal communities on Caribbean coral reefs (2009, background): “Understanding the mechanisms of hysteresis and locations of bifurcation folds will provide improved guidance for reef management (Nystrom et al. 2008).”
Small islands, valuable insights: systems of customary resource use and resilience to climate change in the Pacific (2014, background): “Other key ecological factors such as reef fish trophic structure, ecological functional redundancy, and life history characters have also been proposed as key metrics that influence ecosystem service flows (Nyström et al. 2008).”
Latitudinal variation in macroalgal consumption by fishes on the Great Barrier Reef (2011, background): “…the dynamic role of processes and the functional groups that interact with them, at a range of scales, can we obtain a clearer picture of the function, resilience and future trajectory of ecological systems (Chapin et al. 1997, Nyström & Folke 2001, Bellwood et al. 2004, Nyström et al. 2008).”
Recent disturbances augment community shifts in coral assemblages in Moorea, French Polynesia (2011, background): “One indicator that a shift has occurred from one persistent assemblage of species to another is the existence of positive feedback mechanisms, which reinforce and sustain the altered community structure (Knowlton 1992; Nyström et al. 2008).”
Herbivory versus corallivory: are parrotfish good or bad for Caribbean coral reefs? (2009, background): “…of Exeter, Prince of Wales Road, Exeter EX4 4PS, UK e-mail: p.j.mumby@ex.ac.uk and the ecosystem services they provide (Steneck 1988; Hughes 1994; Bellwood et al. 2004; Newman et al. 2006; Hoegh-Guldberg et al. 2007; Knowlton and Jackson 2008; Mumby and Steneck 2008; Nystrom et al. 2008).”