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List of works by Deron E Burkepile

A Vicious Circle? Altered Carbon and Nutrient Cycling May Explain the Low Resilience of Caribbean Coral Reefs

A View From Both Ends: Shifts in Herbivore Assemblages Impact Top-Down and Bottom-Up Processes on Coral Reefs

scientific article published in 2021

A global analysis of coral bleaching over the past two decades

scientific article published on 20 March 2019

Algal nitrogen and phosphorus content drive inter- and intraspecific differences in herbivore grazing on a Caribbean reef

scientific article published on 12 October 2017

Animal pee in the sea: consumer-mediated nutrient dynamics in the world's changing oceans.

scientific article

Bacterial predation in a marine host-associated microbiome

scientific article published on 27 November 2015

Biological trade-offs underpin coral reef ecosystem functioning

scientific article published on 05 April 2022

Change in dominance determines herbivore effects on plant biodiversity

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Chemically mediated competition between microbes and animals: microbes as consumers in food webs

scientific article published in November 2006

Chronic low-level nutrient enrichment benefits coral thermal performance in a fore reef habitat

scientific article published on 29 June 2021

Chronic nutrient enrichment increases prevalence and severity of coral disease and bleaching

scientific article

Climate and fishing drive regime shifts in consumer-mediated nutrient cycling in kelp forests

scientific article published on 12 June 2019

Complex interactions with nutrients and sediment alter the effects of predation on a reef‐building coral

scientific article published on 15 June 2021

Context-dependent effects of nutrient loading on the coral-algal mutualism.

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Controls of Aboveground Net Primary Production in Mesic Savanna Grasslands: An Inter-Hemispheric Comparison

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Coral Microbiomes Demonstrate Flexibility and Resilience Through a Reduction in Community Diversity Following a Thermal Stress Event

scientific article published on 15 October 2020

Coral epigenetic responses to nutrient stress: Histone H2A.X phosphorylation dynamics and DNA methylation in the staghorn coral

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Correction to: Chronic low-level nutrient enrichment benefits coral thermal performance in a fore reef habitat

scientific article published on 20 July 2021

Correction: Phylogenetic, genomic, and biogeographic characterization of a novel and ubiquitous marine invertebrate-associated Rickettsiales parasite, Candidatus Aquarickettsia rohweri, gen. nov., sp. nov

scientific article published on 01 January 2020

Density Dependence Drives Habitat Production and Survivorship of Acropora cervicornis Used for Restoration on a Caribbean Coral Reef

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Different nitrogen sources speed recovery from corallivory and uniquely alter the microbiome of a reef-building coral

scientific article published on 15 November 2019

Differential herbivore occupancy of fire-manipulated savannas in the Satara region of the Kruger National Park, South Africa

scientific article published in 2020

Differing nutritional constraints of consumers across ecosystems

scientific article published in January 2014

Ecology: E-rat-ication to restore reefs

scientific article published on 21 June 2021

Effects of predation and nutrient enrichment on the success and microbiome of a foundational coral

scientific article published on 27 December 2016

Few Herbivore Species Consume Dominant Macroalgae on a Caribbean Coral Reef

scientific article published on 12 August 2020

Fire frequency drives habitat selection by a diverse herbivore guild impacting top-down control of plant communities in an African savanna

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Fish-derived nutrient hotspots shape coral reef benthic communities

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Functional diversity in herbivorous fishes on Caribbean reefs: The role of macroalgal traits in driving interspecific differences in feeding behavior

scientific article published in 2022

Groups of roving midnight parrotfish (Scarus coelestinus) prey on sergeant major damselfish (Abudefduf saxatilis) nests

Habitat selection by large herbivores in a southern African savanna: the relative roles of bottom-up and top-down forces

scientific article published on 22 November 2013

Harnessing ecological processes to facilitate coral restoration

scientific article published on 04 April 2018

Herbivore size matters for productivity-richness relationships in African savannas

scientific article published in 2017

Herbivore species richness and feeding complementarity affect community structure and function on a coral reef

scientific article

Herbivore vs. nutrient control of marine primary producers: context-dependent effects

scientific article published on December 2006

Identity of coral reef herbivores drives variation in ecological processes over multiple spatial scales

scientific article published on 26 April 2019

Impact of herbivore identity on algal succession and coral growth on a Caribbean reef

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Increased temperature alters feeding behavior of a generalist herbivore

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Insect herbivores increase mortality and reduce tree seedling growth of some species in temperate forest canopy gaps

scientific article published on 21 March 2017

Integrating herbivore assemblages and woody plant cover in an African savanna to reveal how herbivores respond to ecosystem management

scientific article published in 2022

Intestinal microbes: an axis of functional diversity among large marine consumers

scientific article published on 01 April 2020

Landscape-scale patterns of nutrient enrichment in a coral reef ecosystem: implications for coral to algae phase shifts

scientific article published on 12 September 2020

Local conditions magnify coral loss after marine heatwaves

scientific article published on 27 May 2021

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

scientific article published on 18 June 2018

Loss of a large grazer impacts savanna grassland plant communities similarly in North America and South Africa

scientific article published on 20 February 2014

Macroalgae decrease growth and alter microbial community structure of the reef-building coral, Porites astreoides.

scientific article

Macroborer presence on corals increases with nutrient input and promotes parrotfish bioerosion

scientific article published on 22 February 2020

Multiple stressors interact primarily through antagonism to drive changes in the coral microbiome

scientific article published on 02 May 2019

Mutualisms and Aquatic Community Structure: The Enemy of My Enemy Is My Friend

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Near‐term impacts of coral restoration on target species, coral reef community structure, and ecological processes

scientific article published on 27 February 2019

Newly dominant benthic invertebrates reshape competitive networks on contemporary Caribbean reefs

scientific article published on 14 June 2019

Nitrogen pollution interacts with heat stress to increase coral bleaching across the seascape

scientific article published on 24 February 2020

Nutrient Pollution and Predation Differentially Affect Innate Immune Pathways in the Coral Porites porites

scientific article published in 2020

Nutrient loading alters the performance of key nutrient exchange mutualisms.

scientific article published on 9 November 2015

Nutrient supply from fishes facilitates macroalgae and suppresses corals in a Caribbean coral reef ecosystem

scientific article published in January 2013

Opposing effects of native and exotic herbivores on plant invasions

scientific article published in March 2006

Overfishing and nutrient pollution interact with temperature to disrupt coral reefs down to microbial scales

scientific article published on 07 June 2016

Overfishing and the ecological impacts of extirpating large parrotfish from Caribbean coral reefs

scientific article published on 23 December 2019

Parrotfish predation drives distinct microbial communities in reef-building corals

scientific article published on 10 February 2020

Phylogenetic conservatism drives nutrient dynamics of coral reef fishes

scientific article published on 14 September 2021

Phylogenetic isolation increases plant success despite increasing susceptibility to generalist herbivores

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Phylogenetic, genomic, and biogeographic characterization of a novel and ubiquitous marine invertebrate-associated Rickettsiales parasite, Candidatus Aquarickettsia rohweri, gen. nov., sp. nov

scientific article published on 05 August 2019

Plant community response to loss of large herbivores differs between North American and South African savanna grasslands

scientific article published in April 2014

Positive interactions between corals and damselfish increase coral resistance to temperature stress

scientific article published in 2022

Predation risk, resource quality, and reef structural complexity shape territoriality in a coral reef herbivore

scientific article

Predator identity and time of day interact to shape the risk-reward trade-off for herbivorous coral reef fishes

scientific article published on 22 December 2016

Predator release of the gastropod Cyphoma gibbosum increases predation on gorgonian corals

scientific article published on 17 July 2007

Predictive functional profiling of microbial communities using 16S rRNA marker gene sequences

scientific article (publication date: September 2013)

Priority effects in coral–macroalgae interactions can drive alternate community paths in the absence of top‐down control

scientific article published on 21 July 2022

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

scientific article published on 01 July 2018

Quantifying Differences Between Native and Introduced Species

scientific article published on 7 March 2016

Rapid recovery of ecosystem function following extreme drought in a South African savanna grassland

scientific article published on 18 February 2020

Recent advances in plant-herbivore interactions

scientific article

Reefscapes of fear: predation risk and reef hetero-geneity interact to shape herbivore foraging behaviour

scientific article published in September 2015

Resource partitioning along multiple niche axes drives functional diversity in parrotfishes on Caribbean coral reefs

scientific article published on 6 August 2015

Responses of Coastal Ecosystems to Climate Change: Insights from Long-Term Ecological Research

scientific article published in 2022

Responses of plant phenology, growth, defense, and reproduction to interactive effects of warming and insect herbivory.

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Responses to fire differ between South African and North American grassland communities

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Seasonal recruitment and survival strategies of Palisada cervicornis comb. nov. (Ceramiales, Rhodophyta) in coral reefs.

scientific article published on 22 July 2017

Seasonal regulation of herbivory and nutrient effects on macroalgal recruitment and succession in a Florida coral reef

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Sediment associated with algal turfs inhibits the settlement of two endangered coral species

scientific article published on 16 May 2019

Shared Drivers but Divergent Ecological Responses: Insights from Long-Term Experiments in Mesic Savanna Grasslands

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Shared Insights across the Ecology of Coral Reefs and African Savannas: Are Parrotfish Wet Wildebeest?

scientific article published on 14 May 2020

Size‐dependent mortality of corals during marine heatwave erodes recovery capacity of a coral reef

scientific article published on 15 December 2021

Species-specific patterns in corallivory and spongivory among Caribbean parrotfishes

scientific article published on 09 May 2019

Stream mosses as chemically-defended refugia for freshwater macroinvertebrates

scientific article published in 2007

Stream mosses as chemically-defended refugia for freshwater macroinvertebrates

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Synthesizing the effects of large, wild herbivore exclusion on ecosystem function

scientific article published on 18 May 2019

Temperature-induced mismatches between consumption and metabolism reduce consumer fitness

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The 2014-17 Global Coral Bleaching Event: The Most Severe and Widespread Coral Reef Destruction

The Long Arm of Species Loss: How Will Defaunation Disrupt Ecosystems Down to the Microbial Scale?

scientific article published in 2019

The importance of individual and species-level traits for trophic niches among herbivorous coral reef fishes.

scientific article published in June 2017

The role of predators in coral disease dynamics

scientific article published in 2022

Unprecedented evidence for high viral abundance and lytic activity in coral reef waters of the South Pacific Ocean

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Variable effects of temperature on insect herbivory.

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