Decadal-scale observations of marine reserves suggest that indirect effects on taxa that occur
through cascading trophic interactions take longer to develop than direct effects on target …

No-take'marine reserves provide a valuable tool for managing marine resources as well as
for providing relatively undisturbed habitat with which to assess modifications to ecosystems. …

The ability to make accurate estimates of fish relative abundance is the basis of both ecological
and environmental effects studies, and flawed sampling methods may give misleading …

Coral reef ecosystems have suffered an unprecedented loss of habitat-forming hard corals
in recent decades. While marine conservation has historically focused on passive habitat …

Estimates of the relative density of fishes form the basis of many marine ecological studies
as well as the assessment of effects of fishing or pollution. Plasticity in the behavioural …

The use of marine reserves as tools either for conservation or fisheries management
requires rigorous empirical evidence for the recovery of exploited species within them. 2. The …

(2003) Identification of scleractinian coral recruits from Indo-Pacific reefs. Zoological Studies
42 (1): 211-226. Study of the early life history of scleractinian corals has been hampered by …

Settlement, early survivorship and growth of two species of reef-building corals were studied
in order to assess the importance of these processes in determining the distribution of adult …

A series of laboratory and field experiments was carried out to determine the effects of gamete
dilution on fertilization rates in three species of reef coral. Gametes remained viable for 2 …

Sedimentation is assumed to affect communities of reef-building corals by inhibiting larval
settlement, however there has been no quantitative evidence to support this supposition. The …