Revisiting the catastrophic die-off of the urchin Diadema antillarum on Caribbean coral reefs: Fresh insights on resilience from a simulation model

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 196, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 131-148

  Mumby, Peter J ^a   Hedley, John D ^a   Zychaluk, Kamila ^b   Harborne, Alastair R ^a   Blackwell, Paul G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ecosystem function; Extinction; Grazing; Resilience

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; DISEASES; ECOSYSTEMS; HURRICANE EFFECTS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; NUTRITION;

ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; EXTINCTION; GRAZING; RESILIENCE;

REEFS;

BLEACHING; CORAL REEF; DISEASE; ECHINODERM; GRAZING; GROWTH RATE; HURRICANE; MICROALGA; MORTALITY; NITRIFICATION;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; GREATER ANTILLES; JAMAICA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; DIADEMA; DIADEMA ANTILLARUM; MONTASTRAEA; SCARIDAE; SPARISOMA CRETENSE;

EID: 33744507133     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2005.11.035     Document Type: Article

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