The ecological importance of habitat complexity to the Caribbean coral reef herbivore Diadema antillarum: three lines of evidence

When Caribbean long-spined sea urchins, Diadema antillarum, are stable at high population densities, their grazing facilitates scleractinian coral dominance. Today, populations remain suppressed after a mass mortality in 1983–1984 caused a loss of their ecosystem functions, and led to widespread dec...

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Autores principales: Bodmer, M. D. V., Wheeler, P. M., Anand, P., Cameron, S. E., Hintikka, Sanni, Cai, W., Borcsok, A. O., Exton, D. A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8087687/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33931650
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-87232-9

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8087687/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33931650
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-87232-9

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