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David R. Bellwood
Researcher at James Cook University
Publications - 378
Citations - 40572
David R. Bellwood is an academic researcher from James Cook University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Coral reef & Reef. The author has an hindex of 88, co-authored 342 publications receiving 35435 citations. Previous affiliations of David R. Bellwood include University of Delaware & Australian Research Council.
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Climate Change, Human Impacts, and the Resilience of Coral Reefs
Terry P. Hughes,Andrew H. Baird,David R. Bellwood,M. Card,Sean R. Connolly,Carl Folke,Richard K. Grosberg,Ove Hoegh-Guldberg,Jeremy B. C. Jackson,Jeremy B. C. Jackson,Joan A. Kleypas,Janice M. Lough,Paul Marshall,Magnus Nyström,Stephen R. Palumbi,John M. Pandolfi,Brian R. Rosen,Jonathan Roughgarden +17 more
TL;DR: International integration of management strategies that support reef resilience need to be vigorously implemented, and complemented by strong policy decisions to reduce the rate of global warming.
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Confronting the coral reef crisis
TL;DR: The ecological roles of critical functional groups (for both corals and reef fishes) that are fundamental to understanding resilience and avoiding phase shifts from coral dominance to less desirable, degraded ecosystems are reviewed.
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Global warming and recurrent mass bleaching of corals
Terry P. Hughes,James T. Kerry,Mariana Álvarez-Noriega,Jorge G. Álvarez-Romero,Kristen G. Anderson,Andrew H. Baird,Russell C. Babcock,Maria Beger,David R. Bellwood,Ray Berkelmans,Tom C. L. Bridge,Tom C. L. Bridge,Ian R. Butler,Maria Byrne,Neal E. Cantin,Steeve Comeau,Sean R. Connolly,Graeme S. Cumming,Steven J. Dalton,Guillermo Diaz-Pulido,C. Mark Eakin,Will F. Figueira,James P. Gilmour,Hugo B. Harrison,Scott F. Heron,Scott F. Heron,Andrew S. Hoey,Jean-Paul A. Hobbs,Mia O. Hoogenboom,Emma V. Kennedy,Chao-Yang Kuo,Janice M. Lough,Janice M. Lough,Ryan J. Lowe,Gang Liu,Malcolm T. McCulloch,Hamish A. Malcolm,Mike McWilliam,John M. Pandolfi,Rachel Pears,Morgan S. Pratchett,Verena Schoepf,Tristan Simpson,William J. Skirving,Brigitte Sommer,Gergely Torda,Gergely Torda,David Wachenfeld,Bette L. Willis,Shaun K. Wilson +49 more
TL;DR: The distinctive geographic footprints of recurrent bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef in 1998, 2002 and 2016 were determined by the spatial pattern of sea temperatures in each year, suggesting that local protection of reefs affords little or no resistance to extreme heat.
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Phase shifts, herbivory, and the resilience of coral reefs to climate change.
Terry P. Hughes,Maria J. Rodrigues,David R. Bellwood,Daniela M. Ceccarelli,Ove Hoegh-Guldberg,Laurence J. McCook,Laurence J. McCook,Natalie A. Moltschaniwskyj,Morgan S. Pratchett,Robert S. Steneck,Robert S. Steneck,Bette L. Willis +11 more
TL;DR: Experimentally manipulated the density of large herbivorous fishes to test their influence on the resilience of coral assemblages in the aftermath of regional-scale bleaching in 1998, the largest coral mortality event recorded to date.
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A functional approach reveals community responses to disturbances
David Mouillot,David Mouillot,Nicholas A. J. Graham,Sébastien Villéger,Sébastien Villéger,Norman W. H. Mason,David R. Bellwood +6 more
TL;DR: Empirical evidence is synthesized and a theoretical framework, based on species positions in a functional space, as a tool to reveal the complex nature of change in disturbed ecosystems is presented.