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Shaun K. Wilson
Researcher at University of Western Australia
Publications - 187
Citations - 20694
Shaun K. Wilson is an academic researcher from University of Western Australia. The author has contributed to research in topics: Coral reef & Reef. The author has an hindex of 62, co-authored 175 publications receiving 16899 citations. Previous affiliations of Shaun K. Wilson include Department of Environment and Conservation & Government of Western Australia.
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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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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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Climate-driven regime shift of a temperate marine ecosystem
Thomas Wernberg,Scott Bennett,Scott Bennett,Russell C. Babcock,Russell C. Babcock,Thibaut de Bettignies,Katherine Cure,Katherine Cure,Martial Depczynski,Francois Dufois,Jane Fromont,Christopher J. Fulton,Renae Hovey,Euan S. Harvey,Thomas H. Holmes,Gary A. Kendrick,Ben Radford,Ben Radford,Julia Santana-Garcon,Julia Santana-Garcon,Benjamin J. Saunders,Dan A. Smale,Dan A. Smale,Mads S. Thomsen,Mads S. Thomsen,Chenae A. Tuckett,Fernando Tuya,Mathew A. Vanderklift,Shaun K. Wilson +28 more
TL;DR: It is shown that extreme warming of a temperate kelp forest off Australia resulted not only in its collapse, but also in a shift in community composition that brought about an increase in herbivorous tropical fishes that prevent the reestablishment of kelp.
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The tropicalization of temperate marine ecosystems: climate-mediated changes in herbivory and community phase shifts
Adriana Vergés,Peter D. Steinberg,Mark E. Hay,Alistair G. B. Poore,Alexandra H. Campbell,Enric Ballesteros,Kenneth L. Heck,David J. Booth,Melinda A. Coleman,David A. Feary,Will F. Figueira,Tim J. Langlois,Ezequiel M. Marzinelli,Toni Mizerek,Peter J. Mumby,Yohei Nakamura,Moninya Roughan,Erik van Sebille,Alex Sen Gupta,Dan A. Smale,Dan A. Smale,Fiona Tomas,Fiona Tomas,Thomas Wernberg,Shaun K. Wilson +24 more
TL;DR: It is argued that this phase shift is facilitated by poleward-flowing boundary currents that are creating ocean warming hotspots around the globe, enabling the range expansion of tropical species and increasing their grazing rates in temperate areas.
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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.