Andrew Altieri

Jul 31, 2024 | biorxiv.org | Justin Campbell |Andrew Altieri |Anna Armitage |Fee Smulders

AbstractClimate-driven shifts in herbivores, temperature and nutrient runoff threaten coastal ecosystem resilience. However, our understanding of ecological resilience, particularly for foundation species, remains limited due to a rarity of field experiments that are conducted across appropriate spatial and temporal scales and that investigate multiple stressors.

May 14, 2024 | pubs.usgs.gov | Sara D. Swaminathan |Kevin Lafferty |Andrew Altieri

Many Caribbean coral reefs are near collapse due to various threats. An emerging threat, stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD), is spreading across the Western Atlantic and Caribbean. Data from the U.S. Virgin Islands reveal how SCTLD spread has reduced the abundance of susceptible coral and crustose coralline algae and increased cyanobacteria, fire coral, and macroalgae.

Nov 1, 2023 | cell.com | Christine Angelini |Mark Bertness |Andrew Altieri |Patrick H. Saldaña

Highlights The powerful community-structuring roles of foundation species (FS) are well recognized; however, ecological interactions involving their dead structures have yet to be broadly integrated within ecological theory or ecosystem management. As interacting components of ecosystems, dead foundation species (DFS) modify environments and mediate feedbacks underpinning ecosystem resilience. DFS are vulnerable to global change and often respond differently than living FS.

Apr 8, 2023 | biorxiv.org | Rachel Howard |Monica Schul |Andrew Altieri |Julie Meyer

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