ArticleScientific reports2019
Seabird nutrients are assimilated by corals and enhance coral growth rates.
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- The influence of seabirds on their breeding, roosting and nesting grounds: A systematic review and meta-analysis.The Journal of animal ecology · 2022Pooled it
- Seabirds and native vegetation drive ecosystem processes that support atoll island resilience.Science advances · 2026Article
- Remobilized volcanogenic sediments boost photophysiological activity in three symbiotic reef-building coral species.Royal Society open science · 2026Article
- Contrasting cryptofaunal responses to seabird nutrient inputs illuminate coral reef productivity pathways.Ecology · 2026Article
- Spatially-nested topologies stabilize meta-ecosystems via cross-scale source-sink dynamics.Ecology · 2026Article
- Changes in host gene expression patterns underpin responses of the coral Stylophora pistillata to nutrient stress.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Seabird-derived nutrients influence feeding pathways and body size in cryptobenthic reef fishes.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2025Article
- Island restoration to rebuild seabird populations and amplify coral reef functioning.Conservation biology : the journal of the Society for Conservation Biology · 2025Article
- Seabird nutrients increase coral calcification rates and boost reef carbonate production.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Atolls are vital for seabirds and vice versa.Nature ecology & evolution · 2024Article
- Atolls are globally important sites for tropical seabirds.Nature ecology & evolution · 2024Article
- A framework and review of evidence of the importance of coral reefs for marine birds in tropical ecosystems.Ecology and evolution · 2024Review
- Seabird nutrient subsidies enrich mangrove ecosystems and are exported to nearby coastal habitats.iScience · 2024Article
- Seabirds boost coral reef resilience.Science advances · 2023Article
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- Colonial waterbirds provide persistent subsidies to swamp forests along an estuarine island food chain.Oecologia · 2023Article
- Terrestrial invasive species alter marine vertebrate behaviour.Nature ecology & evolution · 2023Article
- Seabird diversity and biomass enhance cross-ecosystem nutrient subsidies.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2022Article
- Grazing preference and isotopic contributions of kelp toFrontiers in plant science · 2022Article
- Impact of nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) enrichment and skewed N:P stoichiometry on the skeletal formation and microstructure of symbiotic reef corals.Coral reefs (Online) · 2022Article
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Abstract
Nutrient subsidies across ecotone boundaries can enhance productivity in the recipient ecosystem, especially if the nutrients are transferred from a nutrient rich to an oligotrophic ecosystem. This study demonstrates that seabird nutrients from islands are assimilated by endosymbionts in corals on fringing reefs and enhance growth of a dominant reef-building species, Acropora formosa. Nitrogen stable isotope ratios (δ
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