ArticleEcology letters2022
Alternations in the foraging behaviour of a primary consumer drive patch transition dynamics in a temperate rocky reef ecosystem.
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- Conspecific mortality and resource availability drive a trait-mediated cascade by modifying sea urchin grazing behavior.Oecologia · 2026Article
- Chemical cues from a predatory fish (Parapercis colias) suppress feeding rates of the New Zealand sea urchin (Evechinus chloroticus).Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Community-led management maintains higher predator biomass supporting kelp forests persistence in Baja California.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Keystone interdependence: Sea otter responses to a prey surplus following the collapse of a rocky intertidal predator.Science advances · 2025Article
- Consequences of kelp forest ecosystem shifts and predictors of persistence through multiple stressors.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2024Article
- When species don't move together: Non-concurrent range shifts in Eastern Pacific kelp forest communities.PloS one · 2024Article
- Insights from the 2-year-long human confinement experiment in Grand Cayman reveal the resilience of coral reef fish communities.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Alternations in the foraging behaviour of a primary consumer drive patch transition dynamics in a temperate rocky reef ecosystem.Ecology letters · 2022Article
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Abstract
Understanding the role of animal behaviour in linking individuals to ecosystems is central to advancing knowledge surrounding community structure, stability and transition dynamics. Using 22 years of long-term subtidal monitoring, we show that an abrupt outbreak of purple sea urchins (Strongylocentrotus purpuratus), which occurred in 2014 in southern Monterey Bay, California, USA, was primarily driven by a behavioural shift, not by a demographic response (i.e. survival or recruitment). We then tracked the foraging behaviour of sea urchins for 3 years following the 2014 outbreak and found that behaviour is strongly associated with patch state (forest or barren) transition dynamics. Finally, in 2019, we observed a remarkable recovery of kelp forests at a deep rocky reef. We show that this recovery was associated with sea urchin movement from the deep reef to shallow water. These results demonstrate how changes in grazer behaviour can facilitate patch dynamics and dramatically restructure communities and ecosystems.
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