[Coral-List] PeerJ article published: Rapidly increasing macroalgal cover not related to herbivorous fishes on Mesoamerican reefs

[tomascik at novuscom.net]

Hi everyone,

I have read the paper with great interest, but was disappointed not to  
find seminal works of Mark and Diane Littler on this subject being  
referenced. Their work on the "Relative Dominance Model" (Littler et  
al 2006 Harmful algae on tropical coral reefs: Bottom-up  
eutrophication and top-down herbivory. Harmful Algae 5: 565-585) is  
relevant to this discussion.

Cheers,
Tom




Quoting "Pawlik, Joseph" <pawlikj at uncw.edu>:

>
> Greetings, Coral-listers -- this just-released paper is the latest  
> to join a growing tide of studies that run contrary to the widely  
> held view that herbivorous fishes control seaweeds on Caribbean reefs:
>
>
> Suchley A, McField MD, Alvarez-Filip L. (2016) Rapidly increasing  
> macroalgal cover not related to herbivorous fishes on Mesoamerican  
> reefs. PeerJ 4:e2084
>
> https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2084
>
>
>  Cheers,
>
> Joe
>
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