The ecological importance of habitat complexity to the Caribbean coral reef herbivore Diadema antillarum: three lines of evidence
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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-87232-9
Abstract: 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… read more here.
Keywords: habitat complexity; habitat; complexity; three lines ... See more keywords
A novel system for intensive Diadema antillarum propagation as a step towards population enhancement
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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-90564-1
Abstract: The long-spined sea urchin Diadema antillarum was once an abundant reef grazing herbivore throughout the Caribbean. During the early 1980s, D. antillarum populations were reduced by > 93% due to an undescribed disease. This event resulted in… read more here.
Keywords: diadema antillarum; antillarum; population enhancement; system ... See more keywords
A 3000 year record of Caribbean reef urchin communities reveals causes and consequences of long‐term decline in Diadema antillarum
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DOI: 10.1111/ecog.02513
Abstract: Urchins are the last abundant grazers of macroalgae on most Caribbean reefs following the historical overexploitation of herbivorous fishes. The long-spined urchin Diadema antillarum was particularly effective at controlling macroalgae and facilitating coral dominance on… read more here.
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A scuticociliate causes mass mortality of Diadema antillarum in the Caribbean Sea
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DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adg3200
Abstract: Echinoderm mass mortality events shape marine ecosystems by altering the dynamics among major benthic groups. The sea urchin Diadema antillarum, virtually extirpated in the Caribbean in the early 1980s by an unknown cause, recently experienced… read more here.
Keywords: diadema antillarum; mass mortality; mortality; sea ... See more keywords