David R. Bellwood
James Cook University
394 Papers
1K Citations
David R. Bellwood is an academic researcher from James Cook University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Coral reef & Reef. The author has an hindex of 88, co-authored 342 publications. Previous affiliations of David R. Bellwood include University of Delaware & Australian Research Council.
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Papers
Sediment-mediated suppression of herbivory on coral reefs: Decreasing resilience to rising sea-levels and climate change?
TL;DR: It is suggested that naturally occurring sediment loads in epilithic algal turfs can suppress herbivory and that sediment-laden algal Turfs may be an alternative stable state on coral reefs.
Searching for heat in a marine biodiversity hotspot
TL;DR: In this article, the authors evaluate the utility of marine endemics for resolving these hypotheses, and examine recent molecular phylogenetic evidence for coral reef species that has revealed the antiquity of the Endemics and the other species that make up this hotspot.
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Evolutionary history of the butterflyfishes (f: Chaetodontidae) and the rise of coral feeding fishes
David R. Bellwood,O. Selma Klanten,Peter F. Cowman,Morgan S. Pratchett,Nicolai Konow,Nicolai Konow,L. van Herwerden +6 more
TL;DR: It is revealed that a move onto coral reefs in the Miocene foreshadowed rapid cladogenesis within Chaetodon and the origins of corallivory, coinciding with a global reorganization of coral reefs and the expansion of fast‐growing corals.
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Evolution and biogeography of marine angelfishes (Pisces: Pomacanthidae).
TL;DR: Fossil calibrated estimates suggest that the Pomacanthidae has been impacted by both the Terminal Tethyan Event and the closure of the Isthmus of Panama, and ecological diversity and species-level diversification are restricted primarily to a single pygmy angelfish clade with an origin near the Oligocene-Miocene boundary.
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The evolution of fishes and corals on reefs: form, function and interdependence.
TL;DR: Functionally, the Oligocene–Miocene is marked by the appearance of new fish and coral taxa associated with high‐turnover fast‐growth ecosystems and the colonization of reef flats, which suggests that the rapid increase in biodiversity during the last 5.3 million years was not matched by changes in ecosystem function.
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