Climate Change, Human Impacts, and the Resilience of Coral Reefs

By Terry P. Hughes, Andrew H. Baird, D. Bellwood, M. Card, Sean R. Connolly, Carl Folke, R. Grosberg, O. Hoegh‐Guldberg, Jeremy B. C. Jackson, J. Kleypas and 7 more. Science, 2003

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Application of macroecological theory to predict effects of climate change on global fisheries potential (2008, neutral): “(4): (6) Maximum sustainable yield (MSY) is defined as the highest average theoretical equilibrium catch that can be continuously taken from a stock under average environmental conditions (Hilborn & Walters 1992).”
Selective predation by parrotfishes on the reef coral Porites astreoides (2005, background): “Considerable previous work has established that boring organisms are major contributors to the bioerosion of carbonate substrates in coral reef ecosystems (Highsmith et al. 1983, Hutchings 1986, Macdonald & Perry 2003).”
Impact of coral predators on tropical reefs (2008, background): “…reefs suffer record losses in live coral cover due to changing ocean temperatures (Hoegh-Guldberg 1999, Ostrander et al. 2000, Aronson et al. 2002, Hughes et al. 2003), increasing storm intensities (Hughes 1994, Hoyos et al. 2006), disease (Richardson 1998, Harvell et al. 1999, Harvell et al.…”
The destruction of the 'animal forests' in the oceans: Towards an over- simplification of the benthic ecosystems (2013, background): “non is also true for the components of the animal forest (Hughes et al., 2003).”
Biodiversity Regulation of Ecosystem Services (2005, background): “High temperatures, such as experienced globally as a result of the 1998 El Niño events, disrupt the symbiosis, make corals less resilient to other stresses, and can lead to massive coral mortality (Hughes et al. 2003).”
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Influence of habitat degradation on fish replenishment (2010, background): “Coral reefs are particularly vulnerable to anthropogenic climate change, and major changes in the composition of reef habitats are predicted to occur within the next 50 years as a result of thermally induced coral bleaching (Hughes et al. 2003; Hoegh-Guldberg et al. 2007).”
Evaluating and Ranking the Vulnerability of Global Marine Ecosystems to Anthropogenic Threats (2007, background): “For example, areas with greater local species and/or genetic diversity may have greater resistance to some threats than less diverse areas (e.g., Steneck et al. 2002; Hughes et al. 2003).”
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Consequences of a mass mortality in populations of Eunicella singularis (Cnidaria: Octocorallia) in Menorca (NW Mediterranean) (2006, background): “The increase of these strong disturbances has been linked with the serious decline in the conservation status of many species in marine ecosystems in response to global climate change (Hughes et al. 2003).”
Late Quaternary Extinctions: State of the Debate (2006, background): “…expect as contemporary exploding human population densities collide with higher-thannormal rates of climate change under a “business as usual” model (Houghton et al. 2001): accelerated extinction rates and continued wholesale restructuring of Earth’s ecosystems. www.annualreviews.org • Quaternary…”
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