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| Title |
Prehistorical and historical declines in Caribbean coral reef accretion rates driven by loss of parrotfish
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| Published in |
Nature Communications, January 2017
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| DOI | 10.1038/ncomms14160 |
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| Authors |
Katie L. Cramer, Aaron O’Dea, Tara R. Clark, Jian-xin Zhao, Richard D. Norris |
| Abstract |
Caribbean coral reefs have transformed into algal-dominated habitats over recent decades, but the mechanisms of change are unresolved due to a lack of quantitative ecological data before large-scale human impacts. To understand the role of reduced herbivory in recent coral declines, we produce a high-resolution 3,000 year record of reef accretion rate and herbivore (parrotfish and urchin) abundance from the analysis of sediments and fish, coral and urchin subfossils within cores from Caribbean Panama. At each site, declines in accretion rates and parrotfish abundance were initiated in the prehistorical or historical period. Statistical tests of direct cause and effect relationships using convergent cross mapping reveal that accretion rates are driven by parrotfish abundance (but not vice versa) but are not affected by total urchin abundance. These results confirm the critical role of parrotfish in maintaining coral-dominated reef habitat and the urgent need for restoration of parrotfish populations to enable reef persistence. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 38 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Jamaica | 9 | 24% |
| United States | 4 | 11% |
| United Kingdom | 3 | 8% |
| Canada | 2 | 5% |
| Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 1 | 3% |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 3% |
| Panama | 1 | 3% |
| Germany | 1 | 3% |
| Italy | 1 | 3% |
| Other | 4 | 11% |
| Unknown | 11 | 29% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 30 | 79% |
| Scientists | 7 | 18% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 3% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 287 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 1 | <1% |
| Mexico | 1 | <1% |
| Canada | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 284 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 48 | 17% |
| Researcher | 47 | 16% |
| Student > Bachelor | 47 | 16% |
| Student > Master | 46 | 16% |
| Other | 14 | 5% |
| Other | 31 | 11% |
| Unknown | 54 | 19% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 99 | 34% |
| Environmental Science | 69 | 24% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 25 | 9% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 10 | 3% |
| Engineering | 5 | 2% |
| Other | 15 | 5% |
| Unknown | 64 | 22% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 116. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 12 February 2023.
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