Corals fail to recover at a Caribbean marine reserve despite ten years of reserve designation

Coral Reefs

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1077-1085

  Huntington, B E ^a   Karnauskas, M ^a   Lirman, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Coral recruitment; Herbivory; Marine protected area; Resilience; Trophic cascades

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; COLONY STRUCTURE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CORAL; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; HERBIVORY; JUVENILE; MARINE PARK; MORTALITY; POPULATION DECLINE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SUCCESSION; TROPHIC CASCADE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BELIZE [CENTRAL AMERICA]; CARIBBEAN SEA; GLOVERS REEF; MESOAMERICAN BARRIER REEF;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 80255127567     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-011-0809-4     Document Type: Article

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