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ArticleEcology2026

Reducing consumer pressure increases community dissimilarity leading to coral- or algal-dominance on a coral reef.

Kelly E Speare, Thomas C Adam, Allison Aplin, Noe Castañeda, Lauren N Enright, Hannah E Epstein, Jordan P Gallagher, Adam Goodman, Olivia Isbell, Christian John and 13 more

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Article in Ecology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

23 authors.

Kelly E SpeareMarine Science Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0016-3606
Thomas C AdamMarine Science Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6146-0260
Allison AplinMarine Science Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0004-8077-247X
Noe CastañedaDepartment of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0003-2407-0206
Lauren N EnrightDepartment of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0007-2442-2805
Hannah E EpsteinSchool of Life Sciences, University of Essex, Colchester, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7214-8272
Jordan P GallagherDepartment of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0006-4372-5206
Adam GoodmanDepartment of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0000-2124-3659
Olivia IsbellBren School of Environmental Science & Management, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0003-4272-9991
Christian JohnMarine Science Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6249-040X
Mackenzie A KawaharaDepartment of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0002-7456-3028
J Grace KlingesIsland Conservation, Santa Cruz, California, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3172-133X
Mark C LaddPopulation and Ecosystems Monitoring Division, NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center, Miami, Florida, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8024-5811
Jamie M McDevitt-IrwinMarine Science Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1620-6946
Rowan H McLachlanOregon Institute of Marine Biology, University of Oregon, Charleston, Oregon, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7222-8210
Nury MolinaDepartment of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8568-7213
Joseph R PetersDepartment of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9625-1626
Julianna J RenziDepartment of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6187-8656
Andrew A ShantzCooperative Institute of Marine & Atmospheric Research, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, Honolulu, Hawai'i, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5641-8914
Andrew R ThurberMarine Science Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0383-832X
Alex D VompeDepartment of Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6555-0351
Rebecca Vega ThurberMarine Science Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3516-2061
Deron E BurkepileMarine Science Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0427-0484

Funding

Gordon and Betty Moore FoundationU.S. National Science Foundation OCE-1635913U.S. National Science Foundation OCE-16-37396U.S. National Science Foundation OCE-1933165U.S. National Science Foundation OCE-2023424U.S. National Science Foundation OCE-2023701U.S. National Science Foundation OCE-PRF-220589
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In many ecosystems, anthropogenic influences are altering the strength of top-down (e.g., herbivory and predation by consumers) and bottom-up (e.g., nutrients) processes through the exploitation of consumers and increasing anthropogenic nutrient inputs. Altered top-down and bottom-up processes may significantly change ecological communities, resulting in shifts in the abundance or composition of primary producers, or shifts in ecosystem states. An often-overlooked consequence of altered top-down and bottom-up process is how these forces shape community variability, especially following disturbances when alterations to top-down and bottom-up processes may have particularly strong effects during community reassembly. Here, we experimentally test the relative importance of top-down and bottom-up processes in determining community development after a simulated disturbance on a coral reef in Moorea, French Polynesia. We established eight 30-m

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AnthozoaCoral ReefsFishesSeaweedAnimalsFood ChainPolynesiabeta diversitycommunity assemblycommunity dispersioncorallivoryherbivorynutrient enrichmentpredation

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PMID42744569
PMCPMC13577821

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