Functionally diverse reef-fish communities ameliorate coral disease

Coral reefs, the most diverse of marine ecosystems, currently experience unprecedented levels of degradation. Diseases are now recognized as a major cause of mortality in reef-forming corals and are complicit in phase shifts of reef ecosystems to algal-dominated states worldwide. Even so, factors co...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Raymundo, L., Halford, Andy, Maypa, A., Kerr, A.
Format: Journal Article
Published: National Academy of Sciences 2009
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/35461