A5034393513- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
- Marine and fisheries research
- Marine and coastal plant biology
- Ichthyology and Marine Biology
- Fish Ecology and Management Studies
- Marine animal studies overview
- Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
- Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation
- Fish Biology and Ecology Studies
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Animal Behavior and Reproduction
- Marine Biology and Ecology Research
- Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
University of California, Santa Barbara
2017-2024
Ecological Society of America
2020
John Wiley & Sons (United States)
2020
University of Guam
2013
Abstract Ecosystems are changing at alarming rates because of climate change and a wide variety other anthropogenic stressors. These stressors have the potential to cause phase shifts less productive ecosystems. A major challenge for ecologists is identify ecosystem attributes that enhance resilience can buffer systems from desirable alternative states. In this study, we used Northern Channel Islands, California, as model kelp forest had been perturbed loss an important sea star predator due...
MEPS Marine Ecology Progress Series Contact the journal Facebook Twitter RSS Mailing List Subscribe to our mailing list via Mailchimp HomeLatest VolumeAbout JournalEditorsTheme Sections 577:165-176 (2017) - DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps12258 Fine-scale spatial patterns of parrotfish herbivory are shaped by resource availability P. M. Carlson1,2,*, K. Davis1, R. Warner2, J. E. Caselle1 1Marine Science Institute, University California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA 2Department...
MEPS Marine Ecology Progress Series Contact the journal Facebook Twitter RSS Mailing List Subscribe to our mailing list via Mailchimp HomeLatest VolumeAbout JournalEditorsTheme Sections 577:149-164 (2017) - DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps12174 Parrotfish movement patterns vary with spatiotemporal scale K. Davis1,3,*, P. M. Carlson1,3, C. G. Lowe2, R. Warner3, J. E. Caselle1 1Marine Science Institute, University of California Santa Barbara, 93106, USA 2Department Biological Sciences, State...
Abstract Marine protected areas (MPAs) have become a popular tool utilised across global oceans to achieve variety of conservation goals. Because the reasons for MPA implementation can differ, it is imperative that resource managers design and execute management strategies allow them effectively assess performance relative goals they set. We compared three monitoring techniques commonly survey groundfish populations different depth strata temperate rocky reef habitat: underwater visual...
The Islas Marías Biosphere Reserve, made up of 4 islands in Pacific waters off central Mexico, supports a large diversity marine life. However, scientific research was restricted for decades by the occupation Isla María Madre Federal Penitentiary Colony Mexico from 1905 to 2019. Aside list coastal fish species published 2011, little has been about biodiversity area. While limited access archipelago may have acted as de-facto reserve, there is evidence that fishing continued both legally...
Abstract Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) have been implemented globally as a conservation tool to improve the health and function of marine ecosystems. Research has focused on assessing MPA effectiveness, however certain habitats communities are often avoided because they difficult or expensive monitor. Mesophotic (30-100m) rocky reef fish valuable commercial recreational resource that is highly targeted but overlooked in monitoring due depth restricted sampling. We used two MPAs California’s...
Shipwrecks can have significant localized effects when grounded on shallow coral reefs. These are not limited to the immediate physical damage, but wide-spread and lasting impacts due alteration of chemical makeup surrounding water column. This subsequently impact growth benthic organisms, often leading phase shifts high levels mortality corals in vicinity wreck. At Palmyra atoll, grounding a longline fishing vessel reef terrace is associated with shift corallimorph, Rhodactis howesii. In...
A recent disease epidemic across the northeast Pacific has effectively extirpated sunflower sea star (Pycnopodia helianthoides), an important urchin predator, resulting in formation of barrens and loss kelp forests some regions. In a recently published study, we investigated role predator redundancy buffering from these phase shifts. We found that two additional predators compensated for prevented transition to barrens. However, since both alternative are fished, this effect was much...