Interaction between nutrients and herbivory in controlling algal communities and coral condition on Glover's Reef, Belize

By T. McClanahan, E. Sala, PA Stickels, B. Cokos, Ac Baker, CJ Starger, S. Jones. 2003

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Subfields: Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography

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Effects of herbivores, nutrient enrichment, and their interactions on macroalgal proliferation and coral growth (2009, background): “Selective herbivory on enriched macrophytes might also explain other reef studies that found suppression, rather than enhancement, of macrophytes when they were fertilized; this seems especially common for chemically defended brown seaweeds (Diaz-Pulido and McCook 2003; McClanahan et al. 2003, 2007”
Effects of irradiance, flow, and colony pigmentation on the temperature microenvironment around corals: Implications for coral bleaching? (2006, background): “…in the field resulted in a doubling in the numbers of symbiotic dinoflagellates and a significant colony darkening in two species of Porites (McClanahan et al. 2003), while a 60% light reduction increased the amount of chlorophyll per unit area in another species by 60% (Coles and Jokiel…”
Scleractinian corals as facilitators for other invertebrates on a Caribbean reef (2006, background): “…suffer in the phase changes initiated by coral death are the diverse zooxanthellae found within symbiotic corals (LaJeunesse 2002), and the crustose coralline algae that stimulate coral settlement (Morse et al. 1994, Heyward & Negri 1999) but are out-competed by macroalgae (McClanahan et al. 2003).”
Bleaching Resistance and the Role of Algal Endosymbionts (2009, background): “... van Oppen 2006 31 Little et al. 2004, van Oppen 2004 32 Baker 1999, Loh et al. 1998, Rodriguez-Lanetty et al. 2001 33 LaJeunesse et al. 2003 34 Loh et al. 1998, 2001 35 Wilcox 1998 36 Thornhill et al. 2006a 37 Thornhill et al. 2006b 38 Baker et al., unpublished data 39 Rowan and Powers 1991b 40 ”
Coral reef ecology in the Anthropocene (2019, background): “In conjunction with fishing (McClanahan et al., 2003), these effects can favour the compet - itive superiority of fleshy algae (Barott et al., 2012) to ultimately promote their overall dominance (Smith et al., 2016; Smith, Hunter, & Smith, 2010).”
Direct evaluation of macroalgal removal by herbivorous coral reef fishes (2007, background): “2006), and in the Caribbean (Lewis 1986; McClanahan et al. 2003).”
Differential competitive abilities between Caribbean coral species and a brown alga: a year of experiments and a long-term perspective (2006, background): “The role of herbivory and nutrients in mediating coral-algal interactions has been suggested by several studies (Potts 1977, Sammarco 1980, 1982, Lewis 1986, Hughes 1994, Miller & Hay 1996, 1998, Lapointe 1997, Lirman 2001, McClanahan et al. 2002, 2003, 2005, Diaz-Pulido & McCook 2003, 2005).”
Strong relationship between coral bleaching and growth anomalies in massive Porites (2009, background): “The addition of nutrients has been shown to create greater resistance to bleaching (McClanahan et al., 2003) and this may be particularly true for nitrogen, which can often limit microscopic algae, such as Symbiodinium (Goodson et al.”
Remote video bioassays reveal the potential feeding impact of the rabbitfish Siganus canaliculatus (f: Siganidae) on an inner-shelf reef of the Great Barrier Reef (2008, background): “…and the subsequent degradation of those reefs has highlighted the importance of the role that the group plays in determining benthic community succession and maintaining a healthy balance between corals and macroalgae (Hughes 1994; McClanahan et al. 2003; Bellwood et al. 2004; Mumby et al. 2006).”
Habitat use and demographic population structure of elasmobranchs at a Caribbean atoll (Glover's Reef, Belize) (2005, background): “Although there have been published scientific investigations of some components of this protected ecosystem (Acosta 2001, 2002, Acosta & Robertson 2003, McClanahan et al. 2003), almost nothing was known about its elasmobranch fauna until the present study began in 2000.”
Phase shift to algal dominated communities at mesophotic depths associated with lionfish (Pterois volitans) invasion on a Bahamian coral reef (2011, background): “Nutrients are also important for algal growth, and increased nutrient concentrations have been linked to algal bloom conditions ( Littler et al. 2006 ).”
Monitoring functional groups of herbivorous reef fishes as indicators of coral reef resilience : a practical guide for coral reef managers in the Asia Pacific region (2009, background): “Factors that play an important role in controlling algal communities include herbivory, nutrients, physical disturbance, substratum type, available space and algal recruitment dynamics (Steneck 1988, McClanahan et al 2001, 2003, McCook et al 2001, Fabricius 2004, Hughes et al 2007).”
PHASE SHIFTS, ALTERNATIVE STATES, AND THE UNPRECEDENTED CONVERGENCE OF TWO REEF SYSTEMS (2004, background): “Elevated nutrient concentrations in the Bahı́a may benefit the P. furcata colonies that persist in the shallowest depths by raising their concentrations of zooxanthellae, thereby increasing their resistance to bleaching (McClanahan et al. 2003).”