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Coral Reefs Under Rapid Climate Change and Ocean Acidification by Hoegh-Guldberg, O, Mumby, P.J, Hooten, A.J, Steneck, R.S, Greenfield, P, Gomez, E, Harvell, C.D, Sale, P.F, Edwards, A.J, Caldeira, K, Knowlton, N, Eakin, C.M, Iglesias-Prieto, R, Muthiga, N, Bradbury, R.H, Dubi, A, Hatziolos, M.E

“…Atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration is expected to exceed 500 parts per million and global temperatures to rise by at least 2°C by 2050 to 2100, values…”
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Predicting the distribution of Montastraea reefs using wave exposure by Chollett, I., Mumby, P. J.

“…In the Caribbean region, forereef habitats dominated by Montastraea spp. have the highest biodiversity and support the largest number of ecosystem processes…”
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Estimating rates of biologically driven coral reef framework production and erosion: a new census-based carbonate budget methodology and applications to the reefs of Bonaire by Perry, C. T., Edinger, E. N., Kench, P. S., Murphy, G. N., Smithers, S. G., Steneck, R. S., Mumby, P. J.

“…Census-based approaches can provide important measures of the ecological processes controlling reef carbonate production states. Here, we describe a rapid,…”
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Revisiting the functional roles of the surgeonfish Acanthurus nigrofuscus and Ctenochaetus striatus by Marshell, A., Mumby, P. J.

“…Investigating the functional role of herbivorous fish species is important for understanding reef resilience and developing targeted management plans. Among…”
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Impact of sea-level rise and coral mortality on the wave dynamics and wave forces on barrier reefs by Baldock, T.E., Golshani, A., Callaghan, D.P, Saunders, M.I., Mumby, P.J.

“…•Changes in wave dynamics under SLR are investigated for a large suite of 1D barrier reef profiles.•Impacts of SLR vary spatially and are strongly influenced…”
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Empirical relationships among resilience indicators on Micronesian reefs by Mumby, P. J., Bejarano, S., Golbuu, Y., Steneck, R. S., Arnold, S. N., van Woesik, R., Friedlander, A. M.

“…A process-orientated understanding of ecosystems usually starts with an exploratory analysis of empirical relationships among potential drivers and state…”
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Simple and robust removal of sun glint for mapping shallow-water benthos by HEDLEY, J. D, HARBORNE, A. R, MUMBY, P. J

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Crucial knowledge gaps in current understanding of climate change impacts on coral reef fishes by Wilson, S K, Adjeroud, M, Bellwood, D R, Berumen, M L, Booth, D, Bozec, Y-Marie, Chabanet, P, Cheal, A, Cinner, J, Depczynski, M, Feary, D A, Gagliano, M, Graham, N A J, Halford, A R, Halpern, B S, Harborne, A R, Hoey, A S, Holbrook, S J, Jones, G P, Kulbiki, M, Letourneur, Y, De Loma, T L, McClanahan, T, McCormick, M I, Meekan, M G, Mumby, P J, Munday, P L, Ohman, M C, Pratchett, M S, Riegl, B, Sano, M, Schmitt, R J, Syms, C

“…Expert opinion was canvassed to identify crucial knowledge gaps in current understanding of climate change impacts on coral reef fishes. Scientists that had…”
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Mapping marine environments with IKONOS imagery: enhanced spatial resolution can deliver greater thematic accuracy by Mumby, Peter J, Edwards, Alasdair J

“…The IKONOS 2 satellite was launched in late 1999 and carries the first commercial multispectral instrument to achieve 4 m spatial resolution. The cost and…”
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Bleaching and hurricane disturbances to populations of coral recruits in Belize by Mumby, Peter J.

“…In 1998, coral populations in Belize were disturbed simultaneously by a severe coral bleaching event and Hurricane Mitch. The impact of these disturbances was…”
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Reduced density of the herbivorous urchin Diadema antillarum inside a Caribbean marine reserve linked to increased predation pressure by fishes by Harborne, A. R, Renaud, P. G, Tyler, E. H. M, Mumby, P. J

“…Disease has dramatically reduced populations of the herbivorous urchin Diadema antillarum Philippi on Caribbean reefs, contributing to an increased abundance…”
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The cost-effectiveness of remote sensing for tropical coastal resources assessment and management by Mumby, P.J., Green, E.P., Edwards, A.J., Clark, C.D.

“…Although coastal habitat mapping is expensive, remote sensing is a more cost-effective technique than alternative field-survey methods (where effectiveness is…”
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Remote sensing techniques for mangrove mapping by Green, E. P., Clark, C. D., Mumby, P. J., Edwards, A. J., Ellis, A. C.

“…Different approaches to the classification of remotely sensed data of mangroves are reviewed, and five different methodologies identified. Landsat TM, SPOT XS…”
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The cover of living and dead corals from airborne remote sensing by MUMBY, P. J, HEDLEY, J. D, CHISHOLM, J. R. M, CLARK, C. D, RIPLEY, H, JAUBERT, J

“…Trends in coral cover are widely used to indicate the health of coral reefs but are costly to obtain from field survey over large areas. In situ studies of…”
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Indirect effects of cleaner fish Labroides dimidiatus on fish grazing per reef area and benthic community structure by Grutter, A. S., Bejarano, S., Sun, D., Mumby, P. J.

“…Grazing fishes farm algae, and consume algae, detritus and sediment and consequently differentially modify benthic communities. Manipulations of cleaner fish…”
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Spectral unmixing of coral reef benthos under ideal conditions by HEDLEY, J. D, MUMBY, P. J, JOYCE, K. E, PHINN, S. R

“…Hyperspectral remote sensing has shown promise for detailed discrimination of coral reef substratum types, but, by necessity, it samples at pixel scales larger…”
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Coral reef habitat-mapping : how much detail can remote sensing provide ? by MUMBY, P. J, GREEN, E. P, EDWARDS, A. J, CLARK, C. D

“…The capability of satellite and airborne remote-sensing methods for mapping Caribbean coral reefs is evaluated. Reef habitats were categorised into coarse,…”
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Spectral discrimination of coral mortality states following a severe bleaching event by Clark, C. D., Mumby, P. J., Chisholm, J. R. M., Jaubert, J., Andrefouet, S.

“…Although relatively easy to distinguish the spectra of bleached and living coral, once corals have died their skeletons remained bleached (white) for only a…”
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Benefits of water column correction and contextual editing for mapping coral reefs by Mumby, P. J., Clark, C. D., Green, E. P., Edwards, A. J.

“…Classification accuracy of coral reefs can be increased significantly by compensation for light attenuation in the water column and contextual editing to…”
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Development of a systematic classification scheme of marine habitats to facilitate regional management and mapping of Caribbean coral reefs by MUMBY, P. J, HARBORNE, A. R

“…Most coastal habitat mapping is conducted on an ad hoc basis with little consistency in terminology and ambiguous documentation. These limitations obstruct…”
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