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dc.contributor.authorOlds, Andrew D
dc.contributor.authorPitt, Kylie A
dc.contributor.authorMaxwell, Paul S
dc.contributor.authorBabcock, Russell C
dc.contributor.authorRissik, David
dc.contributor.authorConnolly, Rod M
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T14:14:05Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T14:14:05Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.identifier.issn1354-1013
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/gcb.12606
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/65231
dc.description.abstractNatural ecosystems have experienced widespread degradation due to human activities. Consequently, enhancing resilience has become a primary objective for conservation. Nature reserves are a favored management tool, but we need clearer empirical tests of whether they can impart resilience. Catastrophic flooding in early 2011 impacted coastal ecosystems across eastern Australia. We demonstrate that marine reserves enhanced the capacity of coral reefs to withstand flood impacts. Reserve reefs resisted the impact of perturbation, whilst fished reefs did not. Changes on fished reefs were correlated with the magnitude of flood impact, whereas variation on reserve reefs was related to ecological variables. Herbivory and coral recruitment are critical ecological processes that underpin reef resilience, and were greater in reserves and further enhanced on reserve reefs near mangroves. The capacity of reserves to mitigate external disturbances and promote ecological resilience will be critical to resisting an increased frequency of climate-related disturbance.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherWiley-Blackwell Publishing
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom3050
dc.relation.ispartofpageto3058
dc.relation.ispartofissue10
dc.relation.ispartofjournalGlobal Change Biology
dc.relation.ispartofvolume20
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEnvironmental sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchBiological sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchMarine and estuarine ecology (incl. marine ichthyology)
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEarth sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode41
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode31
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode310305
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode37
dc.titleMarine reserves help coastal ecosystems cope with extreme weather
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyGriffith Sciences, Griffith School of Environment
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorConnolly, Rod M.
gro.griffith.authorPitt, Kylie A.


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