Causes and consequences of sea urchin abundance and diversity in Kenyan coral reef lagoons

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Diversity in tropical rain forests and coral reefs.

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The commonly observed high diversity of trees in tropical rain forests and corals on tropical reefs is a nonequilibrium state which, if not disturbed further, will progress toward a low-diversity equilibrium community. This may not happen if gradual changes in climate favor different species. If equilibrium is reached, a lesser degree of diversity may be sustained by niche diversification or by a compensatory mortality that favors inferior competitors. However, tropical forests and reefs are subject to severe disturbances often enough that equilibrium may never be attained.

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Spread of diadema mass mortality through the Caribbean.

H Lessios, Peggy Robertson, J D Cubit (1984)

Populations of the ecologically important sea urchin Diadema antillarum suffered severe mass mortalities throughout the Caribbean. This mortality was first observed at Panama in January 1983; by January 1984 it had spread to the rest of the Caribbean and to Bermuda. The sequence of mortality events in most areas is consistent with the hypothesis that the causative agent was dispersed by major surface currents over large distances. However, some of the late die-offs in the southeastern Caribbean do not fit this pattern. Several lines of indirect evidence suggest that the phenomenon is due to a water-borne pathogen. If so, this is the most extensive epidemic documented for a marine invertebrate.

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Title: Oecologia

Abbreviated Title: Oecologia

Publisher: Springer Nature

ISSN (Print): 0029-8549

ISSN (Electronic): 1432-1939

Publication date Created: June 1990

Publication date (Print): June 1990

Volume: 83

Issue: 3

Pages: 362-370

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DOI: 10.1007/BF00317561

PubMed ID: 28313008

SO-VID: 4c9f848f-bfeb-4fb0-a6ae-79697ee9c9b2

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Spread of diadema mass mortality through the Caribbean.

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