Phase shifts, herbivory, and the resilience of coral reefs to climate change.

By Terry P. Hughes, M. Rodrigues, D. Bellwood, D. Ceccarelli, O. Hoegh‐Guldberg, L. McCook, N. Moltschaniwskyj, M. Pratchett, Robert Steneck, B. Willis. Current Biology, 2007

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Responses of reef fish communities to coral declines on the Great Barrier Reef (2008, background): “In marine ecosystems, resilience and resistance to disturbances appear likely to be enhanced by high species richness (Loreau et al. 2002), particularly among crucial functional groups (Hughes et al. 2007).”
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