resilience of florida keys coral communities following large-scale disturbances弹性的佛罗里达珊瑚社区发生的大规模骚乱.pdfVIP

Diversity 2011, 4, 628-640; doi:10.3390/d3040628 OPEN ACCESS diversity ISSN 1424-2818 /journal/diversity Article Resilience of Florida Keys Coral Communities Following Large-Scale Disturbances 1 2 3 4 Deborah L. Santavy , Erich M. Mueller , Lauri MacLaughlin , Esther C. Peters , Robert L. Quarles 1 and Mace G. Barron 1,* 1 Gulf Ecology Division, US Environmental Protection Agency, 1 Sabine Island Dr., Gulf Breeze, FL 32561, USA; E-Mails: santavy.debbie@ (D.L.S.); quarles.bob@ (R.L.Q.) 2 Perry Institute for Marine Science, Suite 202, 100 N US Hwy. 1, Jupiter, FL 33477, USA; E-Mail: emueller@ 3 Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, Upper Keys Office, MM 95, 230 Overseas Hwy, Key Largo, FL 33037, USA; E-Mail: lauri.maclaughlin@ 4 Department of Environmental Science and Policy, George Mason University, 4400 University Drive MSN5F2, Fairfax, VA 22030, USA; E-Mail: epeters2@ * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: barron.mace@; Tel.: +1-850-934-9223; Fax: +1-850-934-2402. Received: 2 August 2011; in revised form: 15 September 2011 / Accepted: 22 September 2011 / Published: 3 October 2011 Abstract: The decline of coral reefs in the Caribbean over the last 40 years has been attributed to multiple chronic stressors and episodic large-scale disturbances. This study assessed the resilience of coral communities in two different regions of the Florida Keys reef