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Seabirds boost coral reef resilience. / Benkwitt, Cassandra E; D'Angelo, Cecilia; Dunn, Ruth E et al.
In: Science Advances, Vol. 9, No. 49, eadj0390, 01.12.2023.

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Benkwitt, CE, D'Angelo, C, Dunn, RE, Gunn, RL, Healing, S, Mardones, ML, Wiedenmann, J, Wilson, SK & Graham, NAJ 2023, 'Seabirds boost coral reef resilience', Science Advances, vol. 9, no. 49, eadj0390. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adj0390

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Benkwitt, C. E., D'Angelo, C., Dunn, R. E., Gunn, R. L., Healing, S., Mardones, M. L., Wiedenmann, J., Wilson, S. K., & Graham, N. A. J. (2023). Seabirds boost coral reef resilience. Science Advances, 9(49), Article eadj0390. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adj0390

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Benkwitt CE, D'Angelo C, Dunn RE, Gunn RL, Healing S, Mardones ML et al. Seabirds boost coral reef resilience. Science Advances. 2023 Dec 1;9(49):eadj0390. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.adj0390

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Benkwitt, Cassandra E ; D'Angelo, Cecilia ; Dunn, Ruth E et al. / Seabirds boost coral reef resilience. In: Science Advances. 2023 ; Vol. 9, No. 49.

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abstract = "Global climate change threatens tropical coral reefs, yet local management can influence resilience. While increasing anthropogenic nutrients reduce coral resistance and recovery, it is unknown how the loss, or restoration, of natural nutrient flows affects reef recovery. Here, we test how natural seabird-derived nutrient subsidies, which are threatened by invasive rats, influence the mechanisms and patterns of reef recovery following an extreme marine heatwave using multiyear field experiments, repeated surveys, and Bayesian modeling. Corals transplanted from rat to seabird islands quickly assimilated seabird-derived nutrients, fully acclimating to new nutrient conditions within 3 years. Increased seabird-derived nutrients, in turn, caused a doubling of coral growth rates both within individuals and across entire reefs. Seabirds were also associated with faster recovery time of Acropora coral cover (",
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