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Biomarkers of recovery: Characterizing trophic flow following ecological restoration

Journal of Applied Ecology, Volume 63, Issue 4, April 2026.
Fatty acid biomarkers offer a scalable tool for detecting early trophic recovery, identifying high‐leverage depth strata for intervention, and evaluating whether restoration actions are rebuilding the ecosystem functions and fisheries‐relevant nutritional pathways that support resilient kelp forest ecosystems.
Nathan B. Spindel, Aaron W. E. Galloway, Julie B. Schram, Gwiisihlgaa Daniel McNeill, SG̲iids Ḵung Vanessa Bellis, Niisii Guujaaw, Jaasaljuus Yakgujanaas, Markus Thompson, Rachele Ferraro, Lynn C. Lee, Daniel K. Okamoto   +10 more
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Benthic community structure and sea urchin distribution : the bay of Diego-Suarez / Mrowicki, R.J., & Fanning, E. (eds) [PDF]

, 2008
The Bay of Diego-Suarez, considered to be one of the finest and largest natural harbours in the world, is located towards the northernmost tip of Madagascar in the Antsiranana province.
Mrowicki, R. J., Fanning, E.
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Relaciones tróficas entre equinoideos (Echinodermata) de las pocetas intermareales de La Sardina y Guaimaral, costa suroriental de Cuba

Novitates Caribaea, 2017
Se caracterizan las relaciones tróficas de Diadema antillarum Philippi, 1845, Lytechinus variegatus (Lamarck, 1816) y Echinometra viridis A. Agassiz, 1863, mediante la riqueza y diversidad tróficas, amplitud y solapamiento del nicho y sus estrategias de ...
Asiel Cabrera Guerrero, Rogelio Roberto Muñoz, César Daniel Batista Saldívar, Flavia Álvarez Denis, Abdiel Jover Capote   +4 more
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The 2022 Diadema antillarum die-off event: Comparisons with the 1983-1984 mass mortality

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2023
The 1983-1984 die-off of the long-spined sea urchin Diadema antillarum stands out as a catastrophic marine event because of its detrimental effects on Caribbean coral reefs. Without the grazing activities of this key herbivore, turf and macroalgae became
Alwin Hylkema, Alwin Hylkema, Kimani Kitson-Walters, Kimani Kitson-Walters, Patricia R. Kramer, Joshua T. Patterson, Lynnette Roth, Moriah L. B. Sevier, Maria Vega-Rodriguez, Matthew M. Warham, Stacey M. Williams, Judith C. Lang   +11 more
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Metapopulation‐scale resilience to disease‐induced mass mortality in a keystone predator: From stasis to instability

Ecosphere, Volume 16, Issue 10, October 2025.
Abstract Mass mortality from disease epidemics challenges the resistance and resilience of populations and communities. Assessing the impacts and consequences of such events is crucially dependent on long‐term datasets. In 2013–2016, sea star wasting disease (SSWD) caused population‐wide crashes of the archetypal keystone species, the sea star Pisaster
Sarah A. Gravem, Bruce A. Menge
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Assembleias de ouriços-do-mar e relações como habitat em diferentes recifes brasileiros [PDF]

, 2013
Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Ciências Biológicas. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia, Florianópolis, 2013Em ambientes costeiros rasos, sabe-se que os ouriços-do-mar têm um papel ecológico importante ...
Labbé-Bellas, Rachel
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Sea urchin (Diadema Antillarum) restoration workshop

, 2022
In april 2022, the Dutch Caribbean Nature Alliance (DCNA), together with the University of Applied Sciences Van Hall Larenstein, hosted a sea urchin (Diadema Antillarum) restoration workshop on Saba.

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Employing invertebrates to restore herbivory on Caribbean coral reefs: recent developments and remaining barriers

Restoration Ecology, Volume 33, Issue 4, May 2025.
With coral reefs in global decline and further threatened by growing anthropogenic impacts, effective strategies for restoring these critical ecosystems are increasingly sought after. In Caribbean reefs, where disease outbreaks and fishing pressure have reduced herbivore abundances and facilitated widespread phase shifts from coral to algal dominance ...
Margaret W. Wilson, Monique Bigler, Genevieve Renaud‐Byrne, Sara Gutiérrez Plata, Alwin Hylkema, Joshua Patterson, Aaron Pilnick, Angelo Jason Spadaro, Stacey M. Williams   +8 more
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Population Growth and Distribution of Diadema antillarum at Discovery Bay, Jamaica [PDF]

The Open Marine Biology Journal, 2009
The urchin Diadema antillarum Philippi (Echinodermata: Echinoidea) was extremely rare to absent from reefs throughout Jamaica during much of the 1980s and part of the 1990s following a Caribbean wide mortality event. This survey was conducted in 2007 to assess their distribution on the western forereef of Discovery Bay, Jamaica.
Eric T. Koepfler, Erin J. Burge, Laura O. Casey, Andrew J. Sellers   +3 more
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A Busse Balloon in the Lagoon: Herbivore Behaviour Generates Spatial Patterns in Coral Reef Ecosystems

Ecology Letters, Volume 28, Issue 3, March 2025.
We used partial differential equations to explore whether Busse balloons (self‐organised spatial patterns that allow for coexistence of alternative stable states outside of the region of bistability) are possible in coral reef ecosystems. We found that herbivore attraction to coral resulted in a Busse balloon that enhanced macroalgal resilience ...
A. Raine Detmer, Scott D. Miller, Alexandra K. Dubel, Kacie Ring, Christian John, Cheryl J. Briggs, Andrew Rassweiler, Holly V. Moeller   +7 more
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