Alternative states on coral reefs: beyond coral–macroalgal phase shifts

By A. Norström, M. Nyström, Jerker Lokrantz, Carl Folke. 2009

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Subfields: Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography

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Cold-water event of January 2010 results in catastrophic benthic mortality on patch reefs in the Florida Keys (2012, background): “Acute disturbances that cause widespread coral mortality can often result in temporary or permanent changes in community structure (Hughes 1994; Norström et al. 2009).”
Connectivity, regime shifts and the resilience of coral reefs (2009, background): “For example, stable systems include many coral-dominated reefs (characterised by low macroalgal biomass and large numbers of herbivores), as well as overfished, degraded reefs that are dominated by macroalgae or by other weedy species (Hughes 1994; Bellwood et al. 2004; Norström et al. 2009).”
Structural complexity mediates functional structure of reef fish assemblages among coral habitats (2017, background): “Soft corals are relatively stress tolerant and opportunistic (Darling et al. 2012), and have been documented to rapidly colonise and dominate benthic assemblages following the widespread mortality of hard corals (reviewed in Norström et al. 2009; Johns et al. 2014).”
Harnessing ecological processes to facilitate coral restoration (2018, positive): “…space is a highly contested resource (Chadwick and Morrow 2011). i On many reefs worldwide, weedy, fast-growing species like sponges and soft corals are replacing reef-building corals (Norström et al. 2009) and slowing the growth and survivorship of remaining corals (Chadwick and Morrow 2011).”
Nutrient Fluxes and Ecological Functions of Coral Reef Sponges in a Changing Ocean (2017, background): “In fact, several Caribbean coral reefs have been increasingly referred to as “sponge reefs” (León and Bjorndal 2002; Norström et al. 2009).”
Temporal changes in benthic assemblages on Florida Keys reefs 11 years after the 1997/1998 El Niño (2013, background): “…corrective actions were implemented or populations of herbivores were restored (Edmunds & Carpenter 2001, Idjadi et al. 2006, Mumby et al. 2007), but there is less evidence of this reversal when benthic taxa other than macroalgae become the predominant benthic constituent (Norström et al. 2009).”
Experiment mimics fishing on parrotfish: insights on coral reef recovery and alternative attractors (2014, background): “When reef-corals die, dominance of the ecosystem shifts to other organisms (e.g. Norström et al. 2009) but most commonly to benthic marine algae.”
Somatic growth dynamics of West Atlantic hawksbill sea turtles: a spatio‐temporal perspective (2016, background): “…– and corallimorpharians are increasing on coral reefs, and models predict that their populations will increase with climate change and will not be negatively affected by ocean acidification (Hawkes et al. 2009, Norström et al. 2009, Colvard and Edmunds 2011, Bell et al. 2013, Loh et al. 2015).”
Phase shift to algal dominated communities at mesophotic depths associated with lionfish (Pterois volitans) invasion on a Bahamian coral reef (2011, background): “…M. Slattery Department of Pharmacognosy, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS 38677, USA of that shift depends on the level of coral recruitment in the system, as well as the intensity of herbivory and the structure of the herbivore guild (Mumby 2009; Norström et al. 2009; Dudgeon et al. 2010).”
Evaluating life-history strategies of reef corals from species traits. (2012, background): “Understanding the life-history strategies of the entire coral reef benthic community might also reveal whether ongoing shifts towards non-coral assemblages (Norström et al. 2009) are associated with different life-history strategies.”