The deteriorating health of the world's coral reefs threatens global biodiversity, ecosystem function, and the livelihoods of millions of people living in tropical coastal regions(1). Reefs in the Caribbean are among the most heavily affected(2,3), having experienced mass disease-induced mortality of the herbivorous urchin Diadema antillarum(4) in 1983 and two framework-building species of coral(5). Declining reef health is characterized by increases in macroalgae. A critical question is whether the observed macroalgal bloom on Caribbean reefs is easily reversible. To answer this question, we must resolve whether algal-dominated reefs are an alternative stable state of the ecosystem or simply the readily reversible result of a phase change ...
Coral reefs are among the world's most endangered ecosystems. Coral mortality can result from ocean ...
One striking feature of coral reef ecosystems is the complex benthic architecture which supports div...
Coral reef systems can undergo rapid transitions from coral-dominated to macroalgae-dominated states...
In 1983, the dominant urchin of Caribbean coral reefs (Diadema antillarum) experienced massive disea...
Coral reefs have been more severely impacted by recent climate instability than any other ecosystem ...
Abstract Caribbean coral reefs are widely thought to exhibit two alternate stable states with one be...
Coral reefs have been more severely impacted by recent climate instability than any other ecosystem ...
Caribbean coral reefs are widely thought to exhibit two alternate stable states with one being domin...
Ecosystem management frequently aims to manage resilience yet measuring resilience has proven diffic...
Coral resilience is important for withstanding ecological disturbances as well as anthropogenic chan...
Natural and anthropogenic stressors can cause phase shifts from coral-dominated to algal-dominated s...
Over 75 % of Caribbean reefs are considered threatened, and rates of recovery are slow or impercepti...
Over 75 % of Caribbean reefs are considered threatened, and rates of recovery are slow or impercepti...
Our view of ecosystems has evolved from one emphasizing determinism to an understanding that systems...
The progressive downward shift in dominance of key reef building corals, coupled with dramatic incre...
Coral reefs are among the world's most endangered ecosystems. Coral mortality can result from ocean ...
One striking feature of coral reef ecosystems is the complex benthic architecture which supports div...
Coral reef systems can undergo rapid transitions from coral-dominated to macroalgae-dominated states...
In 1983, the dominant urchin of Caribbean coral reefs (Diadema antillarum) experienced massive disea...
Coral reefs have been more severely impacted by recent climate instability than any other ecosystem ...
Abstract Caribbean coral reefs are widely thought to exhibit two alternate stable states with one be...
Coral reefs have been more severely impacted by recent climate instability than any other ecosystem ...
Caribbean coral reefs are widely thought to exhibit two alternate stable states with one being domin...
Ecosystem management frequently aims to manage resilience yet measuring resilience has proven diffic...
Coral resilience is important for withstanding ecological disturbances as well as anthropogenic chan...
Natural and anthropogenic stressors can cause phase shifts from coral-dominated to algal-dominated s...
Over 75 % of Caribbean reefs are considered threatened, and rates of recovery are slow or impercepti...
Over 75 % of Caribbean reefs are considered threatened, and rates of recovery are slow or impercepti...
Our view of ecosystems has evolved from one emphasizing determinism to an understanding that systems...
The progressive downward shift in dominance of key reef building corals, coupled with dramatic incre...
Coral reefs are among the world's most endangered ecosystems. Coral mortality can result from ocean ...
One striking feature of coral reef ecosystems is the complex benthic architecture which supports div...
Coral reef systems can undergo rapid transitions from coral-dominated to macroalgae-dominated states...