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UC Santa Barbara

Department of Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology
University of California
Santa Barbara, CA 93106

Research Area

Community ecology of coral reefs

Deron Burkepile - Publications

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2025 Re-connecting ecosystems: Integrating coral reefs into monitoring of island restoration. Journal Article DOI
2025 Early life stage bottleneck determines rates of coral recovery following severe disturbance. Journal Article DOI
2025 Differential effects of nutrients and consumer pressure on sympatric cryptic coral species (Pocillopora spp.). Journal Article DOI
2025 Positive feedbacks in social-ecological systems can maintain coral dominance. Journal Article DOI
2024 Despite plasticity, heatwaves are costly for a coral reef fish. Journal Article DOI
2024 Microbiome ecological memory and responses to repeated marine heatwaves clarify variation in coral bleaching and mortality. Journal Article DOI
2024 Corals survive severe bleaching event in refuges related to taxa, colony size and water depth. Journal Article DOI
2023 Programmable autonomous water samplers (PAWS): An inexpensive, adaptable, and robust submersible system for time-integrated water sampling in freshwater and marine ecosystems. Journal Article DOI
2023 Positive interactions between corals and damselfish increase coral resistance to temperature stress. Journal Article DOI
2023 Fish feces reveal diverse nutrient sources for coral reefs. Journal Article DOI
2023 Microbiome ecological memory and responses to repeated marine heatwaves clarify variation in coral bleaching and mortality. Journal Article DOI
2022 Size-dependent mortality of corals during marine heatwave erodes recovery capacity of coral reef. Journal Article PDF
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2022 Biological trade-offs underpin coral reef ecosystem functioning. Journal Article DOI
2022 Nitrate enrichment has lineage specific effects on Pocillopora acuta adults, but no transgenerational effects in planulae. Journal Article PDF
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2022 Priority effects in coral-macroalgae interactions can drive alternate community paths in the absence of top-down control. Journal Article DOI
2022 Responses of coastal ecosystems to climate change: insights from long-term ecological research. Journal Article DOI
2022 The role of predators in coral disease dynamics. Journal Article DOI
2021 A view from both ends: shifts in herbivore assemblages impact top-down and bottom-up processes on coral reefs. Journal Article PDF
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2021 Local conditions magnify coral loss following marine heatwaves. Journal Article PDF
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2021 Complex interactions with nutrients and sediment alter the effects of predation on a reef-building coral. Journal Article PDF
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2021 Thermal stress interacts with surgeonfish feces to increase coral susceptibility to dysbiosis and reduce tissue regeneration. Journal Article PDF
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2021 Phylogenetic conservatism drives nutrient dynamics of coral reef fishes. Journal Article PDF
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2021 Corallivory varies with water depth to influence the growth of Acropora hyacinthus, a reef-forming coral. Journal Article PDF
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2021 Chronic low-level nutrient enrichment benefits coral thermal performance in a fore reef habitat. Journal Article PDF
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2021 Landscape-scale patterns of nutrient enrichment in a coral reef ecosystem: Implications for coral to algae phase shifts. Journal Article PDF
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2020 Nitrogen pollution interacts with heat stress to increase coral bleaching across the seascape. Journal Article PDF
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2020 Parrotfish predation drives distinct microbial communities in reef-building corals. Journal Article PDF
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2020 Coral microbiomes demonstrate flexibility and resilience through a reduction in community diversity following a thermal stress event. Journal Article PDF
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2020 Macroborer presence on corals increases nutrient input and promotes parrotfish bioerosion. Journal Article PDF
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2020 Nitrogen identity drives differential impacts of nutrients on coral bleaching and mortality. Journal Article PDF
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2019 Different nitrogen sources speed recovery from corallivory and uniquely alter the microbiome of a reef-building coral. Journal Article PDF
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2019 Surgeonfish feces increase microbial opportunism in reef-building corals. Journal Article PDF
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2019 Multiple stressors interact primarily through antagonism to drive changes in the coral microbiome. Journal Article PDF
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2019 Corallivory in the Anthropocene: Interactive anthropogenic stressors and corallivory on coral reefs. Journal Article PDF
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2018 Estimates of fish and coral larvae as nutrient subsidies to coral reef ecosystems. Journal Article PDF
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2017 Animal pee in the sea: consumer-mediated nutrient dynamics in the world's changing oceans. Journal Article PDF
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2016 Nutrient loading alters the performance of key nutrient exchange mutualisms Journal Article PDF
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2014 Unprecedented evidence for high viral abundance and lytic activity in coral reef waters of the South Pacific Ocean. Journal Article PDF
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