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Local management actions can increase coral resilience to thermally-induced bleaching

Overview of attention for article published in Nature Ecology & Evolution, June 2018
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  • In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (97th percentile)
  • Above-average Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (61st percentile)

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Title
Local management actions can increase coral resilience to thermally-induced bleaching
Published in
Nature Ecology & Evolution, June 2018
DOI 10.1038/s41559-018-0589-0
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Authors

Elizabeth C. Shaver, Deron E. Burkepile, Brian R. Silliman

Abstract

Recent large-scale analyses suggest that local management actions may not protect coral reefs from climate change, yet most local threat-reduction strategies have not been tested experimentally. We show that removing coral predators is a common local action used by managers across the world, and that removing the corallivorous snail Coralliophila abbreviata from Caribbean brain corals (Pseudodiploria and Diploria species) before a major warming event increased coral resilience by reducing bleaching severity (resistance) and post-bleaching tissue mortality (recovery). Our results highlight the need for increased evaluation and identification of local interventions that improve coral reef resilience.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 165 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 29 18%
Student > Master 27 16%
Researcher 21 13%
Student > Bachelor 21 13%
Other 9 5%
Other 21 13%
Unknown 37 22%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Environmental Science 49 30%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 42 25%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 9 5%
Earth and Planetary Sciences 8 5%
Social Sciences 4 2%
Other 11 7%
Unknown 42 25%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 99. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 11 December 2019.
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#426,574
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