Patterns and causes of species richness: a general simulation model for macroecology (2009)
Gotelli, Nicholas J., Anderson, Marti J., Hector, T. Arita, Chao, Anne, Colwell, Robert K., Connolly, Sean R., ...
Understanding the causes of spatial variation in species richness is a major research focus of biogeography and macroecology. Gridded environmental data and species richness maps have been used in...
Anthony, Kenneth R.N., Connolly, Sean R., Hoegh-Guldberg, Ove
The most severe outcome of coral bleaching is colony mortality. However, the risk of mortality is one of the least understood consequences for reef corals under climate-change scenarios....
Energetic cost of photoinhibition in corals (2006)
Hoogenboom, Mia O., Anthony, Kenneth R.N., Connolly, Sean R.
Photoinhibition may constitute an energeticcost for photosynthetic organisms through damageto the photosynthetic apparatus, or by increasedmetabolism due to damage avoidance or repair. Forseveral...
Coral reef diversity refutes the neutral theory of biodiversity (2006)
Dornelas, Maria, Connolly, Sean R., Hughes, Terry P.
The global decline of coral reefs highlights the need to understand the mechanisms that regulate community structure and sustain biodiversity in these systems. The neutral theory, which assumes that...
Energetic cost of photoinhibition in corals (2006)
Hoogenboom, Mia O., Anthony, Kenneth R.N., Connolly, Sean R.
Photoinhibition may constitute an energetic cost for photosynthetic organisms through damage to the photosynthetic apparatus, or by increased metabolism due to damage avoidance or repair. For several...
Coral reef diversity refutes the neutral theory of biodiversity (2006)
Dornelas, Maria, Connolly, Sean R., Hughes, Terry P.
The global decline of coral reefs highlights the need to understand the mechanisms that regulate community structure and sustain biodiversity in these systems. The neutral theory, which assumes that...
Energetic cost of photoinhibition in corals (2006)
Hoogenboom, Mia O., Anthony, Kenneth R. N., Connolly, Sean R.
Photoinhibition may constitute an energetic cost for photosynthetic organisms through damage to the photosynthetic apparatus, or by increased metabolism due to damage avoidance or repair. For several...
Energetic cost of photoinhibition in corals (2006)
Hoogenboom, Mia O., Anthony, Kenneth R.N., Connolly, Sean R.
Photoinhibition may constitute an energetic cost for photosynthetic organisms through damage to the photosynthetic apparatus, or by increased metabolism due to damage avoidance or repair. For several...
Coral reef diversity refutes the neutral theory of biodiversity (2006)
Dornelas, Maria, Connolly, Sean R., Hughes, Terry P.
The global decline of coral reefs highlights the need to understand the mechanisms that regulate community structure and sustain biodiversity in these systems. The neutral theory, which assumes that...
Energetic cost of photoinhibition in corals (2006)
Hoogenboom, Mia O., Anthony, Kenneth R. N., Connolly, Sean R.
Photoinhibition may constitute an energetic cost for photosynthetic organisms through damage to the photosynthetic apparatus, or by increased metabolism due to damage avoidance or repair. For several...
Ecological consequences of major hydrodynamic disturbances on coral reefs (2006)
Madin, Joshua S., Connolly, Sean R.
A recent tsunami and an apparent increase in the frequency of severe tropical storms underscore the need to understand and predict the ecological consequences of major hydrodynamic disturbances. Reef...
Scaling water motion on coral reefs: from regional to organismal scales (2006)
Madin, Joshua S., Black, Kerry P., Connolly, Sean R.
To live successfully in wave-swept habitats, plants and animals must be able to survive, consume resources, and reproduce in the presence of incessant, variable and often unpredictable levels of...
Ongoing collapse of coral-reef shark populations (2006)
Robbins, William D., Hisano, Mizue, Connolly, Sean R., Choat, J. Howard
Marine ecosystems are suffering severe depletion of apex predators worldwide [1], [2], [3] and [4]; shark declines are principally due to conservative life-histories and fisheries overexploitation...
Community structure of corals and reef fishes at multiple scales (2005)
Connolly, Sean R., Hughes, Terry P., Bellwood, David R., Karlson, Ronald H.
Distributions of numerical abundance and resource use among species are fundamental aspects of community structure. Here, we characterise these patterns for tropical reef fishes and corals across a...
Process-based models of species distributions and the mid-domain effect (2005)
Null models that place species ranges at random within a bounded geographical domain produce hump-shaped species richness gradients (the “Mid-Domain Effect”, or MDE). However, there is debate...
Community structure of corals and reef fishes at multiple scales (2005)
Connolly, Sean R., Hughes, Terry P., Bellwood, David R., Karlson, Ronald H.
Distributions of numerical abundance and resource use among species are fundamental aspects of community structure. Here, we characterise these patterns for tropical reef fishes and corals across a...
Process-based models of species distributions and the mid-domain effect (2005)
Null models that place species ranges at random within a bounded geographical domain produce hump-shaped species richness gradients (the “Mid-Domain Effect”, or MDE). However, there is debate...
Community structure of corals and reef fishes at multiple scales (2005)
Connolly, Sean R., Hughes, Terry P., Bellwood, David R., Karlson, Ronald H.
Distributions of numerical abundance and resource use among species are fundamental aspects of community structure. Here, we characterise these patterns for tropical reef fishes and corals across a...
Process-based models of species distributions and the mid-domain effect (2005)
Null models that place species ranges at random within a bounded geographical domain produce hump-shaped species richness gradients (the “Mid-Domain Effect”, or MDE). However, there is debate...
Anthony, Kenneth R. N., Connolly, Sean R.
The physiological responses of organisms to resources and environmental conditions are important determinants of niche boundaries. In previous work, functional relationships between organism...
Anthony, Kenneth R. N., Connolly, Sean R.
The physiological responses of organisms to resources and environmental conditions are important determinants of niche boundaries. In previous work, functional relationships between organism...
Global Ordovician faunal transitions in the marine benthos: ultimate causes (2002)
Sean R. Connolly, Arnold I. Miller
During the Ordovician Radiation, domination of benthic marine communities shifted away from trilobites, toward articulated brachiopods, and, to a lesser degree, toward bivalves and gastropods. Here,...
Comparative analysis of energy allocation to tissue and skeletal growth in corals (2002)
Anthony, Kenneth R. N., Connolly, Sean R., Willis, Bette L.
In aquatic invertebrates that form exoskeletons, the partitioning of energy between skeletal and tissue growth is an important tradeoff, especially under resource limitation or physiological stress....
Comparative analysis of energy allocation to tissue and skeletal growth in corals (2002)
Anthony, Kenneth R. N., Connolly, Sean R., Willis, Bette L.
In aquatic invertebrates that form exoskeletons, the partitioning of energy between skeletal and tissue growth is an important tradeoff, especially under resource limitation or physiological stress....
Comparative analysis of energy allocation to tissue and skeletal growth in corals (2002)
Anthony, Kenneth R.N., Connolly, Sean R., Willis, Bette L.
In aquatic invertebrates that form exoskeletons, the partitioning of energy between skeletal and tissue growth is an important tradeoff, especially under resource limitation or physiological stress....
Sean R. Connolly, Arnold I. Miller
The estimation and interpretation of temporal patterns in origination and extinction rates is a major goal of paleobiology. However, the possibility of coincident variation in the quality and...
Substrate affinities of higher taxa and the Ordovician Radiation (2001)
Arnold I. Miller, Sean R. Connolly
The Ordovician Radiation exhibited a global transition in dominance from the Cambrian evolutionary fauna (e.g., trilobites), to the Paleozoic and Modern faunas (e.g., articulate brachiopods and...
Global Ordovician faunal transitions in the marine benthos: proximate causes (2001)
Sean R. Connolly, Arnold I. Miller
During the Ordovician Radiation, domination of benthic marine communities shifted away from trilobites, toward articulate brachiopods, and, to a lesser degree, toward bivalves and gastropods. In this...
Connolly, Sean R., Menge, Bruce A., Roughgarden, Joan
A latitudinal gradient in the recruitment rates of intertidal mussels and barnacles was detected in the Northeast Pacific during 1996 and 1997. This gradient was approximately a stepcline: annual...
Connolly, Sean R., Menge, Bruce A., Roughgarden, Joan
A latitudinal gradient in the recruitment rates of intertidal mussels and barnacles was detected in the Northeast Pacific during 1996 and 1997. This gradient was approximately a stepcline: annual...
Connolly, Sean R., Menge, Bruce A., Roughgarden, Joan
A latitudinal gradient in the recruitment rates of intertidal mussels and barnacles was detected in the Northeast Pacific during 1996 and 1997. This gradient was approximately a stepcline: annual...
Climate-mediated mechanical changes to post-disturbance coral assemblages
Madin, Joshua S, O'Donnell, Michael J, Connolly, Sean R
Increasingly severe storms and weaker carbonate materials associated with more acidic oceans will increase the vulnerability of reef corals to mechanical damage. Mechanistic predictions based on...