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Changing geo‐ecological functions of coral reefs in the Anthropocene by Perry, Chris T., Alvarez‐Filip, Lorenzo, Graham, Nicholas

“…The ecology of many coral reefs has changed markedly over recent decades in response to various combinations of local and global stressors. These ecological…”
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Local human activities limit marine protection efficacy on Caribbean coral reefs by Suchley, Adam, Alvarez‐Filip, Lorenzo

“…Marine ecosystems globally have suffered habitat, biodiversity and function loss in response to human activity. Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) can limit…”
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Evaluating life‐history strategies of reef corals from species traits by Darling, Emily S., Alvarez-Filip, Lorenzo, Oliver, Thomas A., McClanahan, Timothy R., Côté, Isabelle M.

“…Classifying the biological traits of organisms can test conceptual frameworks of life‐history strategies and allow for predictions of how different species may…”
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Recovery disparity between coral cover and the physical functionality of reefs with impaired coral assemblages by González‐Barrios, F. Javier, Cabral‐Tena, Rafael A., Alvarez‐Filip, Lorenzo

“…The ecology and structure of many tropical coral reefs have been markedly altered over the past few decades. Although long‐term recovery has been observed in…”
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Region-wide temporal and spatial variation in Caribbean reef architecture: is coral cover the whole story by ALVAREZ-FILIP, LORENZO, CÔTÉ, ISABELLE M, GILL, JENNIFER A, WATKINSON, ANDREW R, DULVY, NICHOLAS K

“…The architectural complexity of coral reefs is largely generated by reef-building corals, yet the effects of current regional-scale declines in coral cover on…”
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Loss of coral reef growth capacity to track future increases in sea level by Perry, Chris T., Alvarez-Filip, Lorenzo, Graham, Nicholas A. J., Mumby, Peter J., Wilson, Shaun K., Kench, Paul S., Manzello, Derek P., Morgan, Kyle M., Slangen, Aimee B. A., Thomson, Damian P., Januchowski-Hartley, Fraser, Smithers, Scott G., Steneck, Robert S., Carlton, Renee, Edinger, Evan N., Enochs, Ian C., Estrada-Saldívar, Nuria, Haywood, Michael D. E., Kolodziej, Graham, Murphy, Gary N., Pérez-Cervantes, Esmeralda, Suchley, Adam, Valentino, Lauren, Boenish, Robert, Wilson, Margaret, Macdonald, Chancey

“…Sea-level rise (SLR) is predicted to elevate water depths above coral reefs and to increase coastal wave exposure as ecological degradation limits vertical…”
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Fine‐grained sediment production by endolithic sponges on Caribbean coral reefs by Bakker, Didier M., Perry, Chris T., Magaña‐Gallegos, Eden, Pérez‐Cervantes, Esmeralda, Alvarez‐Filip, Lorenzo

“…Endolithic sponges are key players in carbonate cycling on coral reef systems. While their bioerosion of reef framework is relatively well studied, their role…”
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dynamics of architectural complexity on coral reefs under climate change by Bozec, Yves‐Marie, Alvarez‐Filip, Lorenzo, Mumby, Peter J

“…One striking feature of coral reef ecosystems is the complex benthic architecture which supports diverse and abundant fauna, particularly of reef fish…”
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Flattening of Caribbean coral reefs: region-wide declines in architectural complexity by Alvarez-Filip, Lorenzo, Dulvy, Nicholas K., Gill, Jennifer A., Côté, Isabelle M., Watkinson, Andrew R.

“…corals, the mass mortality of the grazing urchin…”
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A rapid spread of the stony coral tissue loss disease outbreak in the Mexican Caribbean by Alvarez-Filip, Lorenzo, Estrada-Saldívar, Nuria, Pérez-Cervantes, Esmeralda, Molina-Hernández, Ana, González-Barrios, Francisco J

“…Caribbean reef corals have experienced unprecedented declines from climate change, anthropogenic stressors and infectious diseases in recent decades. Since…”
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Herbivory facilitates growth of a key reef‐building Caribbean coral by Suchley, Adam, Alvarez‐Filip, Lorenzo

“…The decline of reef‐building corals in conjunction with shifts to short‐lived opportunistic species has prompted concerns that Caribbean reef…”
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Legacy effects of anthropogenic disturbances modulate dynamics in the world's coral reefs by González‐Barrios, F. Javier, Estrada‐Saldívar, Nuria, Pérez‐Cervantes, Esmeralda, Secaira‐Fajardo, Fernando, Álvarez‐Filip, Lorenzo

“…Rapidly changing conditions alter disturbance patterns, highlighting the need to better understand how the transition from pulse disturbances to more…”
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Rapidly increasing macroalgal cover not related to herbivorous fishes on Mesoamerican reefs by Suchley, Adam, McField, Melanie D, Alvarez-Filip, Lorenzo

“…Long-term phase shifts from coral to macroalgal dominated reef systems are well documented in the Caribbean. Although the impact of coral diseases, climate…”
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Morphometric responses of two zooxanthellate octocorals along a water quality gradient in the Cuban northwestern coast by Rey-Villiers, Néstor, Sánchez, Alberto, González-Díaz, Patricia, Álvarez-Filip, Lorenzo

“…Octocoral abundance is increasing on Caribbean reefs, and one of the possible causes is their vertical morphological plasticity that allows them to grow above…”
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Stony coral tissue loss disease decimated Caribbean coral populations and reshaped reef functionality by Alvarez-Filip, Lorenzo, González-Barrios, F. Javier, Pérez-Cervantes, Esmeralda, Molina-Hernández, Ana, Estrada-Saldívar, Nuria

“…Diseases are major drivers of the deterioration of coral reefs and are linked to major declines in coral abundance, reef functionality, and reef-related…”
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Sclerochronological characteristics of Orbicella faveolata in Cayo Arenas, a remote coral reef from the Gulf of Mexico by Sánchez-Pelcastre, D. Wendoline, Tortolero-Langarica, J. J. Adolfo, Alvarez-Filip, Lorenzo, Cruz-Ortega, Israel, Carricart-Ganivet, Juan P

“…During coral calcification in massive scleractinian corals, a double annual banding of different densities (high- and low-density) is formed in their…”
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A meta-analysis to assess long-term spatiotemporal changes of benthic coral and macroalgae cover in the Mexican Caribbean by Contreras-Silva, Ameris I., Tilstra, Arjen, Migani, Valentina, Thiel, Andra, Pérez-Cervantes, Esmeralda, Estrada-Saldívar, Nuria, Elias-Ilosvay, Xochitl, Mott, Claudius, Alvarez-Filip, Lorenzo, Wild, Christian

“…Coral reefs in the wider Caribbean declined in hard coral cover by ~80% since the 1970s, but spatiotemporal analyses for sub-regions are lacking. Here, we…”
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Systematic review and meta-analysis of ocean acidification effects in Halimeda: Implications for algal carbonate production by Schubert, Nadine, Alvarez-Filip, Lorenzo, Hofmann, Laurie C.

“…•Calcification responses to OA vary widely among Halimeda species (neutral, negative).•For some species, these responses also seem to be…”
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Diversity of Coral Reef Fishes in the Western Indian Ocean: Implications for Conservation by Samoilys, Melita, Alvarez-Filip, Lorenzo, Myers, Robert, Chabanet, Pascale

“…Communities of coral reef fishes are changing due to global warming and overfishing. To understand these changes and inform conservation, knowledge of species…”
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Simplification of Caribbean reef-fish assemblages over decades of coral reef degradation by Alvarez-Filip, Lorenzo, Paddack, Michelle J, Collen, Ben, Robertson, D Ross, Côté, Isabelle M

“…Caribbean coral reefs are becoming structurally simpler, largely due to human impacts. The consequences of this trend for reef-associated communities are…”
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