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Are coastal habitats important nurseries? A meta‐analysis by Lefcheck, Jonathan S., Hughes, Brent B., Johnson, Andrew J., Pfirrmann, Bruce W., Rasher, Douglas B., Smyth, Ashley R., Williams, Bethany L., Beck, Michael W., Orth, Robert J.

“…Nearshore‐structured habitats—including underwater grasses, mangroves, coral, and other biogenic reefs, marshes, and complex abiotic substrates—have long been…”
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Impact of multiple stressors on juvenile fish in estuaries of the northeast Pacific by Toft, Jason D., Munsch, Stuart H., Cordell, Jeffery R., Siitari, Kiira, Hare, Van C., Holycross, Brett M., DeBruyckere, Lisa A., Greene, Correigh M., Hughes, Brent B.

“…A key step in identifying global change impacts on species and ecosystems is to quantify effects of multiple stressors. To date, the science of global change…”
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Recovery of a top predator mediates negative eutrophic effects on seagrass by Hughes, Brent B., Eby, Ron, Van Dyke, Eric, Tinker, M. Tim, Marks, Corina I., Johnson, Kenneth S., Wasson, Kerstin

“…A fundamental goal of the study of ecology is to determine the drivers of habitat-forming vegetation, with much emphasis given to the relative importance to…”
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Climate mediates hypoxic stress on fish diversity and nursery function at the land–sea interface by Hughes, Brent B., Levey, Matthew D., Fountain, Monique C., Carlisle, Aaron B., Chavez, Francisco P., Gleason, Mary G.

“…Coastal ecosystems provide numerous important ecological services, including maintenance of biodiversity and nursery grounds for many fish species of…”
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Long‐term study reveals top‐down effect of crabs on a California salt marsh by Beheshti, Kathryn M., Wasson, Kerstin, Angelini, Christine, Silliman, Brian R., Hughes, Brent B.

“…Consumers can structure plant communities and may function as keystone species or ecosystem engineers. In salt marshes, the prevailing paradigm has shifted in…”
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Assessing anthropogenic risk to sea otters ( Enhydra lutris nereis ) for reintroduction into San Francisco Bay by Rudebusch, Jane, Hughes, Brent B, Boyer, Katharyn E, Hines, Ellen

“…Southern sea otters have been actively managed for their conservation and recovery since listing on the federal Endangered Species Act in 1977. Still, they…”
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Species recovery and recolonization of past habitats: lessons for science and conservation from sea otters in estuaries by Hughes, Brent B, Wasson, Kerstin, Tinker, M Tim, Williams, Susan L, Carswell, Lilian P, Boyer, Katharyn E, Beck, Michael W, Eby, Ron, Scoles, Robert, Staedler, Michelle, Espinosa, Sarah, Hessing-Lewis, Margot, Foster, Erin U, M Beheshti, Kathryn, Grimes, Tracy M, Becker, Benjamin H, Needles, Lisa, Tomoleoni, Joseph A, Rudebusch, Jane, Hines, Ellen, Silliman, Brian R

“…Recovering species are often limited to much smaller areas than they historically occupied. Conservation planning for the recovering species is often based on…”
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Herbivory limits success of vegetation restoration globally by Xu, Changlin, Silliman, Brian R., Chen, Jianshe, Li, Xincheng, Thomsen, Mads S., Zhang, Qun, Lee, Juhyung, Lefcheck, Jonathan S., Daleo, Pedro, Hughes, Brent B., Jones, Holly P., Wang, Rong, Wang, Shaopeng, Smith, Carter S., Xi, Xinqiang, Altieri, Andrew H., van de Koppel, Johan, Palmer, Todd M., Liu, Lingli, Wu, Jihua, Li, Bo, He, Qiang

“…Restoring vegetation in degraded ecosystems is an increasingly common practice for promoting biodiversity and ecological function, but successful…”
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Who wins or loses matters: Strongly interacting consumers drive seagrass resistance under ocean acidification by Lee, Juhyung, Hughes, Brent B., Kroeker, Kristy J., Owens, Ava, Wong, Candace, Micheli, Fiorenza

“…Global stressors are increasingly altering ecosystem resistance, resilience, and functioning by reorganizing vital species interactions. However, our…”
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Trends in ecology and conservation over eight decades by Anderson, Sean C, Elsen, Paul R, Hughes, Brent B, Tonietto, Rebecca K, Bletz, Molly C, Gill, David A, Holgerson, Meredith A, Kuebbing, Sara E, MacKenzie, Caitlin McDonough, Meek, Mariah H, Veríssimo, Diogo

“…The fields of ecology and conservation have evolved rapidly over the past century. Synthesizing larger trends in these disciplines remains a challenge yet is…”
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Are the ghosts of nature’s past haunting ecology today? by Silliman, Brian R., Hughes, Brent B., Gaskins, Leo C., He, Qiang, Tinker, M. Tim, Read, Andrew, Nifong, James, Stepp, Rick

“…Humans have decimated populations of large-bodied consumers and their functions in most of the world’s ecosystems. It is less clear how human activities have…”
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Rapid enhancement of multiple ecosystem services following the restoration of a coastal foundation species by Beheshti, Kathryn M., Williams, Susan L., Boyer, Katharyn E., Endris, Charlie, Clemons, Annakate, Grimes, Tracy, Wasson, Kerstin, Hughes, Brent B.

“…The global decline of marine foundation species (kelp forests, mangroves, salt marshes, and seagrasses) has contributed to the degradation of the coastal zone…”
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Long-Term Studies Contribute Disproportionately to Ecology and Policy by HUGHES, BRENT B., BEAS-LUNA, RODRIGO, BARNER, ALLISON K., BREWITT, KIMBERLY, BRUMBAUGH, DANIEL R., CERNY-CHIPMAN, ELIZABETH B., CLOSE, SARAH L., COBLENTZ, KYLE E., DE NESNERA, KRISTIN L., DROBNITCH, SARAH T., FIGURSKI, JARED D., FOCHT, BECKY, FRIEDMAN, MAYA, FREIWALD, JAN, HEADY, KRISTEN K., HEADY, WALTER N., HETTINGER, ANNALIESE, JOHNSON, ANGELA, KARR, KENDRA A., MAHONEY, BRENNA, MORITSCH, MONICA M., OSTERBACK, ANN-MARIE K., REIMER, JESSICA, ROBINSON, JONATHAN, ROHRER, TULLY, ROSE, JEREMY M., SABAL, MEGAN, SEGUI, LEAH M., SHEN, CHENCHEN, SULLIVAN, JENNA, ZUERCHER, RACHEL, RAIMONDI, PETER T., MENGE, BRUCE A., GRORUD-COLVERT, KIRSTEN, NOVAK, MARK, CARR, MARK H.

“…As the contribution for long-term ecological and environmental studies (LTEES) to our understanding of how species and ecosystems respond to a changing global…”
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Top-predator recovery abates geomorphic decline of a coastal ecosystem by Hughes, Brent B., Beheshti, Kathryn M., Tinker, M. Tim, Angelini, Christine, Endris, Charlie, Murai, Lee, Anderson, Sean C., Espinosa, Sarah, Staedler, Michelle, Tomoleoni, Joseph A., Sanchez, Madeline, Silliman, Brian R.

“…The recovery of top predators is thought to have cascading effects on vegetated ecosystems and their geomorphology 1 , 2 , but the evidence for this remains…”
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Variable effects of a kelp foundation species on rocky intertidal diversity and species interactions in central California by Hughes, Brent B.

“…The effect of foundation species on community assemblages in physically stressful environments has received much recent attention because of the importance of…”
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Unexpected resilience of a seagrass system exposed to global stressors by Hughes, Brent B., Lummis, Sarah C., Anderson, Sean C., Kroeker, Kristy J.

“…Despite a growing interest in identifying tipping points in response to environmental change, our understanding of the ecological mechanisms underlying…”
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Trophic cascades on the edge: fostering seagrass resilience via a novel pathway by Hughes, Brent B., Hammerstrom, Kamille K., Grant, Nora E., Hoshijima, Umi, Eby, Ron, Wasson, Kerstin

“…Despite widespread degradation, some coastal ecosystems display remarkable resilience. For seagrasses, a century-old paradigm has implicated macroalgal blooms…”
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Testing the generality of sea otter‐mediated trophic cascades in seagrass meadows by Raymond, Wendel W., Hughes, Brent B., Stephens, Tiffany A., Mattson, Catherine R., Bolwerk, Ashley T., Eckert, Ginny L.

“…The presence and strength of trophic cascades can be a function of the local abiotic environment and relative abundance of key species. The reintroduction and…”
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Are seagrass beds indicators of anthropogenic nutrient stress in the rocky intertidal? by Honig, Susanna E., Mahoney, Brenna, Glanz, Jess S., Hughes, Brent B.

“…It is well established that anthropogenic nutrient inputs harm estuarine seagrasses, but the influence of nutrients in rocky intertidal ecosystems is less…”
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Between a rock and a soft place: surfgrass colonizes sediments without attachment to rock by Stephens, Tiffany A., Hughes, Brent B., Kroeker, Kristy J., Hessing-Lewis, Margot, Monteith, Zachary, Morris, Mary, Raymond, Wendel W.

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