Peter Mumby describes research devoted to operationalizing the resilience of Coral Reefs against acute disturbances such as hurricanes. Operationalizing resilience explicitly integrates available biophysical data and accommodates the complex interactions among ecological processes and multiple types of disturbance. His article appears free at: www.conservationletters.com.
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