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Nicholas A. J. Graham
Researcher at Lancaster University
Publications - 264
Citations - 25310
Nicholas A. J. Graham is an academic researcher from Lancaster University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Coral reef & Reef. The author has an hindex of 74, co-authored 227 publications receiving 20805 citations. Previous affiliations of Nicholas A. J. Graham include James Cook University & University of Newcastle.
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Spatial and temporal patterns of mass bleaching of corals in the Anthropocene.
Terry P. Hughes,Kristen G. Anderson,Sean R. Connolly,Scott F. Heron,Scott F. Heron,James T. Kerry,Janice M. Lough,Janice M. Lough,Andrew H. Baird,Julia K. Baum,Michael L. Berumen,Tom C. L. Bridge,Tom C. L. Bridge,Danielle C. Claar,C. Mark Eakin,James P. Gilmour,Nicholas A. J. Graham,Nicholas A. J. Graham,Hugo B. Harrison,Jean-Paul A. Hobbs,Andrew S. Hoey,Mia O. Hoogenboom,Ryan J. Lowe,Malcolm T. McCulloch,John M. Pandolfi,Morgan S. Pratchett,Verena Schoepf,Gergely Torda,Gergely Torda,Shaun K. Wilson +29 more
TL;DR: Coral reefs in the present day have less time than in earlier periods to recover from bleaching events, and Tropical reef systems are transitioning to a new era in which the interval between recurrent bouts of coral bleaching is too short for a full recovery of mature assemblages.
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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.
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Rising to the challenge of sustaining coral reef resilience.
TL;DR: Learning how to avoid undesirable phase-shifts, and how to reverse them when they occur, requires an urgent reform of scientific approaches, policies, governance structures and coral reef management.
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Dynamic fragility of oceanic coral reef ecosystems
Nicholas A. J. Graham,Shaun K. Wilson,Shaun K. Wilson,Simon Jennings,Nicholas Polunin,Jude P. Bijoux,Jan Robinson +6 more
TL;DR: It is shown that climate change-driven loss of live coral, and ultimately structural complexity, in the Seychelles results in local extinctions, substantial reductions in species richness, reduced taxonomic distinctness, and a loss of species within key functional groups of reef fish.
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Multiple disturbances and the global degradation of coral reefs: are reef fishes at risk or resilient?
Shaun K. Wilson,Shaun K. Wilson,Nicholas A. J. Graham,Morgan S. Pratchett,Geoffrey P. Jones,Nicholas Polunin +5 more
TL;DR: The diversity of fish communities was found to be negatively and linearly correlated to disturbance-mediated coral loss, and the long-term consequences of coral loss through coral bleaching and crown-of-thorn starfish outbreaks may be much more substantial than the short-term effects currently documented.