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Macroalgae exhibit diverse responses to human disturbances on coral reefs

Sara E. Cannon Orcid Logo, Simon D. Donner, Angela Liu, Pedro C. González Espinosa, Andrew H. Baird, Julia K. Baum, Andrew G. Bauman, Maria Beger, Cassandra E. Benkwitt, Matthew J. Birt, Yannick Chancerelle, Joshua E. Cinner, Nicole L. Crane, Vianney Denis, Martial Depczynski, Nur Fadli, Douglas Fenner, Christopher J. Fulton, Yimnang Golbuu, Nicholas A. J. Graham, James Guest, Hugo B. Harrison, Jean‐Paul A. Hobbs, Andrew S. Hoey, Thomas H. Holmes, Peter Houk, Fraser Januchowski-Hartley Orcid Logo, Jamaluddin Jompa, Chao‐Yang Kuo, Gino Valentino Limmon, Yuting V. Lin, Timothy R. McClanahan, Dominic Muenzel, Michelle J. Paddack, Serge Planes, Morgan S. Pratchett, Ben Radford, James Davis Reimer, Zoe T. Richards, Claire L. Ross, John Rulmal, Brigitte Sommer, Gareth J. Williams, Shaun K. Wilson

Global Change Biology, Volume: 29, Issue: 12, Pages: 3318 - 3330

Swansea University Author: Fraser Januchowski-Hartley Orcid Logo

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Scientists and managers rely on indicator taxa such as coral and macroalgal cover to evaluate the effects of human disturbance on coral reefs, often assuming a universally positive relationship between local human disturbance and macroalgae. Despite evidence that macroalgae respond to local stressor...

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title Macroalgae exhibit diverse responses to human disturbances on coral reefs
spellingShingle Macroalgae exhibit diverse responses to human disturbances on coral reefs
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title_short Macroalgae exhibit diverse responses to human disturbances on coral reefs
title_full Macroalgae exhibit diverse responses to human disturbances on coral reefs
title_fullStr Macroalgae exhibit diverse responses to human disturbances on coral reefs
title_full_unstemmed Macroalgae exhibit diverse responses to human disturbances on coral reefs
title_sort Macroalgae exhibit diverse responses to human disturbances on coral reefs
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author2 Sara E. Cannon
Simon D. Donner
Angela Liu
Pedro C. González Espinosa
Andrew H. Baird
Julia K. Baum
Andrew G. Bauman
Maria Beger
Cassandra E. Benkwitt
Matthew J. Birt
Yannick Chancerelle
Joshua E. Cinner
Nicole L. Crane
Vianney Denis
Martial Depczynski
Nur Fadli
Douglas Fenner
Christopher J. Fulton
Yimnang Golbuu
Nicholas A. J. Graham
James Guest
Hugo B. Harrison
Jean‐Paul A. Hobbs
Andrew S. Hoey
Thomas H. Holmes
Peter Houk
Fraser Januchowski-Hartley
Jamaluddin Jompa
Chao‐Yang Kuo
Gino Valentino Limmon
Yuting V. Lin
Timothy R. McClanahan
Dominic Muenzel
Michelle J. Paddack
Serge Planes
Morgan S. Pratchett
Ben Radford
James Davis Reimer
Zoe T. Richards
Claire L. Ross
John Rulmal
Brigitte Sommer
Gareth J. Williams
Shaun K. Wilson
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