A5011317474- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
- Marine and fisheries research
- Marine and coastal plant biology
- Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
- Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
- Coastal and Marine Management
- Marine Ecology and Invasive Species
- Identification and Quantification in Food
- Marine animal studies overview
- Marine Biology and Ecology Research
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses
- Vector-borne infectious diseases
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Plant and animal studies
- Isotope Analysis in Ecology
- Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factors
- Economic and Environmental Valuation
- Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
- Viral Infections and Vectors
- Aquatic Ecosystems and Biodiversity
- Physiological and biochemical adaptations
- Marriage and Sexual Relationships
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Marine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2015-2024
Universidad San Francisco de Quito
2021-2024
NYU Langone Health
2024
Saint Louis University
2024
Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation
2023
Northern Plains Agricultural Research Laboratory
2017
University of North Carolina Wilmington
2014
Conservation International
2014
Stony Brook University
1991-2013
The University of Queensland
2010-2013
The management and conservation of the world's oceans require synthesis spatial data on distribution intensity human activities overlap their impacts marine ecosystems. We developed an ecosystem-specific, multiscale model to synthesize 17 global sets anthropogenic drivers ecological change for 20 Our analysis indicates that no area is unaffected by influence a large fraction (41%) strongly affected multiple drivers. However, areas relatively little impact remain, particularly near poles....
Climate change challenges organisms to adapt or move track changes in environments space and time. We used two measures of thermal shifts from analyses global temperatures over the past 50 years describe pace climate that species should track: velocity (geographic isotherms time) shift seasonal timing temperatures. Both are higher ocean than on land at some latitudes, despite slower warming. These indices give a complex mosaic predicted range phenology deviate simple poleward migration...
A number of factors have recently caused mass coral mortality events in all the world's tropical oceans. However, little is known about timing, rate or spatial variability loss reef-building corals, especially Indo-Pacific, which contains 75% reefs.We compiled and analyzed a cover database 6001 quantitative surveys 2667 Indo-Pacific reefs performed between 1968 2004. Surveys conducted during 2003 indicated that averaged only 22.1% (95% CI: 20.7, 23.4) just 7 390 surveyed year had >60%....
Civil infrastructure will be essential to face the interlinked existential threats of climate change and rising resource demands while ensuring a livable Anthropocene for all. However, conventional planning largely neglects ...
Very little is known about how environmental changes such as increasing temperature affect disease dynamics in the ocean, especially at large spatial scales. We asked whether frequency of warm anomalies positively related to coral across 1,500 km Australia's Great Barrier Reef. used a new high-resolution satellite dataset ocean and 6 y cover data from annual surveys 48 reefs answer this question. found highly significant relationship between frequencies white syndrome, an emergent disease,...
Abstract The prevalence and severity of marine diseases have increased over the last 20 years, significantly impacting a variety foundation keystone species. One explanation is that changes in environment caused by human activities impaired host resistance and/or pathogen virulence. Here, we report evidence from field experiments nutrient enrichment can increase two important Caribbean coral epizootics: aspergillosis common gorgonian sea fan Gorgonia ventalina yellow band disease...
Ecology Letters (2010) 13: 1459–1474 Abstract There is growing concern that rapid environmental degradation threatens mutualistic interactions. Because mutualisms can bind species to a common fate, mutualism breakdown has the potential expand and accelerate effects of global change on biodiversity loss ecosystem disruption. The current focus ecological dynamics under skirted fundamental evolutionary issues. Here, we develop an perspective complement perspective, by focusing three processes:...
Climate change disrupts ecological systems in many ways. Many documented responses depend on species' life histories, contributing to the view that climate effects are important but difficult characterize generally. However, systematic variation metabolic of temperature across trophic levels suggests warming may lead predictable shifts food web structure and productivity. We experimentally tested productivity under two resource supply scenarios. Consistent with predictions based universal...
Many marine scientists have concluded that coral reefs are moving toward or locked into a seaweed‐dominated state. However, because there been no regional‐ global‐scale analyses of such reef “phase shifts,” the magnitude this phenomenon was unknown. We analyzed 3581 quantitative surveys 1851 performed between 1996 and 2006 to determine frequency, geographical extent, degree macroalgal dominance phase shifts around world. Our results indicate replacement corals by macroalgae as dominant...
Coral reefs worldwide are facing impacts from climate change, overfishing, habitat destruction, and pollution. The cumulative effect of these on global capacity coral to provide ecosystem services is unknown. Here, we evaluate changes in extent reef habitat, fishery catches effort, Indigenous consumption fishes, coral-reef-associated biodiversity. Global coverage living has declined by half since the 1950s. Catches fishes peaked 2002 decline despite increasing fishing catch-per-unit effort...
There is growing interest in the effects of changing marine biodiversity on a variety community properties and ecosystem processes such as nutrient use cycling, productivity, stability, trophic transfer. We review published experiments that manipulated number species, genotypes, or functional groups. This research reveals several emerging generalities. In studies primary producers sessile animals, diversity often has weak effect production biomass, especially relative to strong exerted by...
Background A variety of human activities have led to the recent global decline reef-building corals [1], [2]. The ecological, social, and economic value coral reefs has made them an international conservation priority [2], [3]. success Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) in restoring fish populations [4] optimism that they could also benefit by indirectly reducing threats like overfishing, which cause degradation mortality [5]. However, general efficacy MPAs increasing reef resilience never been...
Despite their value, coastal ecosystems are globally threatened by anthropogenic impacts, yet how these impacts driven economic development is not well understood. We compiled a multifaceted dataset to quantify trends and examine the role of growth in China's degradation since 1950s. Although population did change following 1978 reforms, its economy increased orders magnitude. All 15 human examined over time, especially after reforms. Econometric analysis revealed positive relationships...
Summary Viewing facilitation through the lens of niche concept is one way to unify conceptual and empirical advances about role in community ecology. We clarify conceptually examples from marine terrestrial environments how can expand species’ niches consider these interactions be scaled up understand importance setting a geographic range. then integrate niche‐broadening influence into current areas ecology, including climate change, diversity maintenance relationship between ecosystem...
Abstract Coastal ecosystems provide numerous services, such as nutrient cycling, climate change amelioration, and habitat provision for commercially valuable organisms. Ecosystem functions processes are modified by human activities locally globally, with degradation of coastal development occurring at unprecedented rates. The demand defense strategies against storms sea‐level rise has increased population growth along coastlines worldwide, even while that reduced natural buffering...