In Press

Largouët C., M.-O. Cordier, Y.-M. Bozec, Y. Zhao, G. Fontenelle (2012) Use of timed automata and model-checking to explore scenarios on ecosystem models. Environmental Modelling & Software 30: 123-138. pdf

Bozec Y.-M., M. Kulbicki, F. Laloë, G. Mou-Tham, D. Gascuel (2011) Factors affecting the detection distances of reef fish: implications for visual counts. Marine Biology 158: 969–981. pdf

Mumby PJ, Elliott IA, Eakin CM, Skirving W, Paris CP, Edwards HJ, Enriquez S, Iglesias-Prieto R, Cherubin L, Stevens JR (2010) Reserve design for uncertain responses of coral reefs to climate change. Ecology Letters (in press)

Edwards HJ, Elliott IA, Eakin CM, Irikawa A, Madin JS, McField M, Morgan JA, van Woesik R, Mumby PJ (2011) How much time can herbivore protection buy for coral reefs under realistic regimes of hurricanes and coral bleaching? Global Change Biology (in press)

Mumby PJ, Iglesias-Prieto R, Hooten AJ, Sale PF, Hoegh-Guldberg O, Edwards AJ, Harvell CD, Gomez ED, Knowlton N, Hatziolos ME, Kyewalyanga MS, Muthiga N (2010) Revisiting climate thresholds and ecosystem collapse. Frontiers in Ecology & Environment (in press)

Blackmore J, Hastings A, Mumby PJ (2011) The effect of fishing on hysteresis in Caribbean coral reefs. Theoretical Ecology (in press)

Bejarano S, Mumby PJ, Sotheran IS (2011) Predicting the structural complexity of reefs and fish abundance using RoxAnn. Marine Biology (in press)

Kellner JB, Sanchirico HN, Hastings A, Mumby PJ (2010) Optimizing for multiple species and multiple values: tradeoffs inherent in ecosystem-based fisheries management. Conservation Letters (in press)

Anthony K, Maynard J, Diaz-Pulido G, Mumby PJ, Cao L, Hoegh-Guldberg O (2010) Ocean acidification and warming will lower coral reef resilience. Global Change Biology (in press)

Bejarano S, Mumby PJ, Hedley JD, Sotheran IS (2010) Combining optical and acoustic data to enhance the detection of Caribbean forereef habitats. Remote Sensing of Environment (in press)

Eakin CM, Nim C, Brainard RE, Aubrecht C, Elvidge C, Gledhill DK, Muller-Karger F, Mumby PJ, Skirving WJ, Strong AE, Wang M, Weeks S, Wentz F (2010) Monitoring coral reefs from space. Oceanography (in press)

2010

Hughes TP, Graham NAJ, Jackson JBC, Mumby PJ, Steneck RS (2010) Rising to the challenge of sustaining coral reef resilience. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 25: 633- 642 download

Arnold SN, Steneck RS, Mumby PJ (2010) Running the gauntlet to coral recruitment through a sequence of local multiscale processes. Marine Ecology Progress Series 414: 91-105 Download

Chollett IC, Mumby PJ, Cortes J (2010) Upwelling regions: a refuge for coral reefs in a warming ocean? Marine Ecology Progress Series 416: 47-56 Download

Kellner JB, Litvin SY, Hastings A, Micheli F, Mumby PJ (2010) Disentangling trophic interactions inside a Caribbean marine reserve. Ecological Applications 20: 1979-1992 20: 1979-1992 Download

Mumby PJ, Harborne AR (2010) Marine reserves enhance the recovery of corals on Caribbean reefs. PloS One 5: e8657 Download

Wilson SK, Adjeroud M, Bellwood DR, Berumen ML, Booth D, Bozec Y-Marie, Chabanet P, Cheal A, Cinner J, Depczynski M, Feary DA, Gagliano M, Graham NAJ, Halford AR, Halpern BS, Harborne AR, Hoey AS, Holbook SJ, Jones GP, Kulbiki M, Letourneur Y, De Loma TL, McClanahan TM, McCormick MI, Meekan MG, Mumby PJ, Munday PL, Ohman MC, Pratchett MS, Riegl B, Sano M, Schmitt RJ, Syms C (2010) Crucial knowledge gaps in current understanding of climate change impacts on coral reef fishes. J Exp Biol 213: 894-900. Download

Edwards HJ, Elliott IA, Pressey RL, Mumby PJ (2010) Incorporating ontogenetic dispersal, ecological processes, and conservation zoning into reserve design. Biological Conservation 143: 457-470 Download

Renken H, Mumby PJ, Matsikis I, Edwards HJ (2010) Effects of physical environmental conditions on the patch dynamics of Dictyota pulchella and Lobophora variegata on Caribbean coral reefs. Marine Ecology Progress Series 403: 67-73 Download

Beger M, Grantham HS, Pressey RL, Wilson KA, Peterson EL, Dorfman D, Mumby PJ, Lourival R, Brumbaugh DR, Possingham HP (2010) Conservation planning for connectivity across marine, freshwater, and terrestrial realms. Biological Conservation 143: 565-575 Download

2009

Mumby PJ (2009) Herbivory vs. corallivory: Are parrotfish good or bad for Caribbean reefs? Coral Reefs 28: 761-773 Download

Mumby PJ (2009) Phase shifts and the stability of macroalgal communities on Caribbean coral reefs. Coral Reefs 28: 683-690 Download

Baskett ML, Nisbet RM, Kappel CV, Mumby PJ, Gaines SD (2010) Conservation management approaches to protecting the capacity for corals to respond to climate change: a theoretical comparison. Global Change Biology 16: 1229-1246 Download

Harborne AR, Renaud PG, Tyler EHM, Mumby PJ (2009) Reduced density of the herbivorous urchin Diadema antillarum inside a Caribbean marine reserve linked to increased predation pressure by fishes. Coral Reefs 28: 783-791 Download

Paddack MJ, Reynolds JD, Aguilar C, Appeldoorn RS, Beets J, Burkett EW, Chittaro PM, Clarke K, Esteves R, Fonseca AC, Forrester GE, Friedlander AM, Garcia-Sais J, Gonzalez-Sanson G, Jordan LKB, McClellan DB, Miller MW, Molloy PP, Mumby PJ, et al (2009) Recent region-wide declines in Caribbean reef fish abundance. Current Biology 19: 1-6 Download

Lim A, Hedley J, LeDrew E, Mumby PJ, Roelfsema C (2009) The effects of ecologically determined spatial complexity on the classification accuracy of simulated coral reef images. Remote Sensing of Environment 113: 965-978 Download

Renken H, Mumby PJ (2009) Modelling the dynamics of coral reef macroalgae using a Bayesian Belief Network approach. Ecological Modelling 220: 1305-1314 Download

Sanchirico JN, Mumby PJ (2009) Mapping ecosystem functions to the valuation of ecosystem services: Implications of species-habitat associations for coastal land-use decisions. Theoretical Ecology 2: 67-77 Download

2008

Mumby PJ, Steneck RS (2008) Coral reef management and conservation in the light of rapidly-evolving ecological paradigms. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 23: 555-563 Download

Harborne AR, Mumby PJ, Kappel CV, Dahlgren CP, Micheli F, Holmes KE, Brumbaugh DR (2008) Tropical coastal habitats as surrogates of fish community structure, grazing and fisheries value. Ecological Applications 18: 1689-1701 Download

Foster NL, Box SJ, Mumby PJ (2009) Competitive effects of macroalgae on the fecundity of the reef building coral, Montastraea annularis. Marine Ecology Progress Series 367: 143-152 Download

Mumby PJ, Hastings A (2008) The impact of ecosystem connectivity on coral reef resilience. Journal of Applied Ecology 45: 854-862 Download

Mumby PJ, Broad K, Brumbaugh DR, Dahlgren CP, Harborne AR, Hastings A, Holmes KE, Kappel CV, Micheli F, Sanchirico JN (2008) Coral reef habitats as surrogates of species, ecological functions and ecosystem services. Conservation Biology 22: 941-951 Download

Harborne AR, Mumby PJ, Kappel CV, Dahlgren CP, Micheli F, Holmes KE, Sanchirico JN, Broad K, Elliott I, Brumbaugh DR (2008) Reserve effects versus natural variation in coral reef communities. Journal of Applied Ecology 45: 1010-1018 Download

2007

Hoegh-Guldberg O, Mumby PJ, Hooten AJ, Steneck RS, Greenfield P, Gomez E, HarvellCD, Sale PF, Edwards AJ, Caldeira K, Knowlton N, Eakin CM, Iglesias-Prieto R, Muthiga N, Bradbury RH, Dubi A, Hatziolos ME (2007) Coral reefs under rapid climate change and ocean acidification. Science 318: 1737-1742 Download

Mumby PJ, Hastings A, Edwards HJ (2007) Thresholds and the resilience of Caribbean coral reefs. Nature 450: 98-101 Download

Mumby PJ, Harborne AR, Williams J, Cappel CV, Brumbaugh DR, Micheli F, Holmes KE, Dahlgren CP, Paris CB, Blackwell PG (2007) Trophic cascade facilitates coral recruitment in a marine reserve. Proceedings National Academy of Science 104: 8362-8367 Download

Hoegh-Guldberg O, Mumby PJ, Hooten AJ, Steneck RS, Greenfield P, Gomez E, Harvell DR, Sale PF, Edwards AJ, Caldeira K, Knowlton N, Eakin CM, Iglesias-Prieto R, Muthiga N, Bradbury RH, Dubi A, Hatziolos ME (2008) Coral adaptation in the face of climate change – response. Science 320: 315-316

Foster NL, Baums IB, Mumby PJ (2007) Sexual versus asexual reproduction in an ecosystem engineer: the massive coral Montastraea annularis. Journal of Animal Ecology 76: 384-391 Download

Habeeb RL, Johnson CR, Wotherspoon S, Mumby PJ (2007) Optimal scales to observe habitat dynamics: A coral reef example. Ecological Applications 17: 641-647 Download

Box SJ, Mumby PJ (2007) The effect of macroalgal competition on the growth and survival of juvenile Caribbean corals. Marine Ecology Progress Series 342: 139-149 Download

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2006

Mumby PJ, Micheli F, Dahlgren CP, Litvin SY, Gill AB, Brumbaugh DR, Broad K, Sanchirico JN, Kappel CV, Harborne AR, Holmes KE (2006) Marine parks need sharks: reply? Science 312: 526-528 Download

Mumby PJ, Dahlgren CP, Harborne AR, Kappel CV, Micheli F, Brumbaugh DR, Holmes KE, Mendes JM, Broad K, Sanchirico JN, Buch K, Box S, Stoffle RW, Gill AB (2006) Fishing, trophic cascades, and the process of grazing on coral reefs. Science 311: 98-101 Download

Mumby PJ, Harborne AR, Hedley JD, Zychualuk K, Blackwell P (2006) The spatial ecology of Caribbean coral reefs: revisiting the catastrophic die-off of the urchin Diadema antillarum. Ecological Modelling 196: 131-148 Download

Harborne AR, Mumby PJ, Hedley JD, Zychaluk K, Blackwell PB (2006) Modelling the beta diversity of coral reefs. Ecology 87: 2871-2881 Download

Harborne AR, Mumby PJ, Brumbaugh D, Micheli F, Holmes K, Perry C, Dahlgren CP (2006) Functions of Caribbean coral reef, seagrass and mangrove habitats. Advances in Marine Biology 50: 57-189 Download

Mumby PJ (2006) The impact of exploiting grazers (Scaridae) on the dynamics of Caribbean coral reefs. Ecological Applications 16: 747-769 Download

Mumby PJ (2006) Connectivity of reef fish between mangroves and coral reefs: algorithms for the design of marine reserves at seascape scales. Biological Conservation 128: 215-222 Download

2005

Mumby PJ, Foster NL, Glynn Fahy E (2005) The patch dynamics of coral reef macroalgae under chronic and acute disturbance. Coral Reefs 24: 681-692 Download

Hedley JD, Harborne AR, Mumby PJ (2005) Simple and robust removal of sunglint for mapping shallow-water benthos. International Journal of Remote Sensing 26: 2107-2112

2004

Mumby PJ, Edwards AJ, Arias-Gonzalez JE, Lindeman KC, Blackwell PG, Gall A, Gorczynska MI, Harborne AR, Pescod CL, Renken H, Wabnitz CCC, Llewellyn G (2004) Mangroves enhance the biomass of coral reef fish communities in the Caribbean. Nature 427: 533-536 Download

Mumby PJ, Skirving W, Strong AE, Hardy JT, LeDrew EF, Hochberg EJ, Stumpf RP, David LT (2004) Remote sensing of coral reefs and their physical environment. Marine Pollution Bulletin 48: 219-228 Download

McClanahan TR, Sala E, Mumby PJ, Jones S (2004) Phosphorus and nitrogen enrichment do not enhance brown frondose ‘macroalgae’. Marine Pollution Bulletin 48: 196-199 Download

Mumby PJ, Hedley JD, Chisholm JRM, Clark CD, Jaubert J (2004) The cover of living and dead corals using airborne remote sensing. Coral Reefs 23: 171-183 Download

Hedley JD, Mumby PJ, Joyce KE, Phinn SR (2004) Spectral unmixing of coral reef benthos under ideal conditions. Coral Reefs 23: 60-73 Download

2003

Andréfouët S, Kramer P, Torres-Pulliza D, Joyce KE, Hochberg EJ, Garza-Perez R, Mumby PJ, Riegl B, Yamano H, White WH, Zubia M, Brock JC, Phinn SR, Naseer A, Hatcher BG, Muller-Karger FE (2003) Multi-sites evaluation of IKONOS data for classification of tropical coral reef environments. Remote Sensing of Environment 88: 128-143 Download

Malthus TJ, Mumby PJ (2003) Remote sensing of the coastal zone: an overview and priorities for future research. International Journal of Remote Sensing 24: 2805-2815 Download

Hedley JD, Mumby PJ (2003) Spectral unmixing and the resolution of depth from remotely sensed data of aquatic systems. Limnology & Oceanography 48: 480-488 Download

2002

Mumby PJ, Edwards AJ (2002) Mapping marine environments with IKONOS imagery: enhanced spatial resolution does deliver greater thematic accuracy. Remote Sensing of Environment 82: 248-257 Download

Andréfouët S, Mumby PJ, McField M, Hu C, Muller-Karger FE (2002) Revisiting coral reef connectivity. Coral Reefs 21: 43-48. Download Mumby PJ (2002) Statistical power for non-parametric tests: a quick guide for designing sampling strategies. Marine Pollution Bulletin 44: 85-87 Download

Mumby PJ, Wabnitz CCC (2002) Spatial patterns of aggression, territory size, and harem size in five sympatric Caribbean parrotfish species. Environmental Biology of Fishes 63: 265-279 Download

Hedley JD, Mumby PJ (2002) Biological and remote sensing perspectives on pigmentation in coral reefs. Advances in Marine Biology 43: 277-317. Download

2001

Mumby PJ, Chisholm JRM, Edwards AJ, Andréfouët S, Jaubert J (2001) Cloudy weather may have saved Society Islands coral reefs during the 1998 ENSO event. Marine Ecology Progress Series 222: 209-216 Download

Mumby PJ, Chisholm JRM, Hedley JH, Clark CD, Jaubert J (2001) A bird’s-eye view of the health of coral reefs. Nature 413 (6852): 36 Download

Mumby PJ (2001) Beta and habitat diversity in marine systems: a new approach to measurement, scaling and interpretation. Oecologia 128: 274-280 Download

Mumby PJ, Chisholm JRM, Edwards AJ, Clark CD, Jaubert J, Andrefouet A (2001) A quantitative assessment of mass bleaching-induced coral mortality at Rangiroa Atoll, French Polynesia. Marine Biology 139:183-189 Download

2000

Clark CD, Mumby PJ, Chisholm JRM, Jaubert J (2000) Spectral discrimination of coral mortality states following a severe bleaching event. International Journal of Remote Sensing 21: 2321-2327 Download

1999

Mumby PJ (1999) Bleaching and hurricane disturbances to populations of coral recruits in Belize. Marine Ecology Progress Series 190: 27-35 Download

Mumby PJ (1999) Can Caribbean coral populations be modelled at metapopulation scales? Marine Ecology Progress Series 180: 275-288 Download

Mumby PJ and Harborne AR (1999) Development of a systematic classification scheme of marine habitats to facilitate regional management of Caribbean coral reefs. Biological Conservation 88(2): 155-163 Download

Mumby PJ, Green EP, Edwards AJ, Clark CD (1999) The cost-effectiveness of remote sensing for tropical coastal resources assessment and management. Journal of Environmental Management 55:157-166 Download

1998

Mumby PJ, Green EP, Clark CD, Edwards AJ (1998) Digital analysis of multispectral airborne imagery of coral reefs. Coral Reefs 17(1): 59-69 Download

Mumby PJ, Clark CD, Green EP, Edwards AJ (1998) The practical benefits of water column correction and contextual editing for mapping coral reefs. International Journal of Remote Sensing 19: 203-210. Download

Mumby PJ, Edwards AJ, Clark CD, Green EP (1998) Managing tropical coastal habitats: should I use satellite or airborne sensors? Backscatter 9(2): 20-24.

Green EP, Mumby PJ, Edwards AJ, Clark CD, Ellis AC (1998) The assessment of mangrove areas using high resolution multispectral airborne imagery (CASI). Journal of Coastal Research 14: 433-443. Download

Green EP, Mumby PJ, Edwards AJ, Clark CD (1998) Cost-effective mapping of coastal habitats. GIS Asia Pacific August / September: 40-44.

Green EP, Clark CD, Mumby PJ, Edwards AJ, Ellis AC (1998) Remote sensing techniques for mangrove mapping. International Journal of Remote Sensing 19: 935-956. Download

1997

Mumby PJ, Green EP, Edwards AJ, Clark CD (1997) Coral reef habitat mapping: how much detail can remote sensing provide? Marine Biology 130(2): 193-202. Download

Mumby PJ, Green EP, Edwards AJ, Clark CD (1997) Measurement of seagrass standing crop using satellite and digital airborne remote sensing. Marine Ecology Progress Series 159: 51-60. Download

Mumby PJ, Edwards AJ, Green EP, Anderson CW, Ellis AC, Clark CD (1997) A visual assessment technique for estimating seagrass standing crop. Aquatic Conservation: marine and freshwater ecosystems 7: 239-251. Download

Green EP, Mumby PJ, Ellis AC, Edwards AJ, Clark CD (1997) Estimating leaf area index of mangroves from satellite data. Aquatic Botany, 58: 11-19. Download

Clark CD, Ripley HT, Green EP, Edwards AJ, Mumby PJ (1997) Mapping and measurement of tropical coastal environments with hyperspectral and high spatial resolution data. International Journal of Remote Sensing 18: 237-242.Download

1996

Green EP, Mumby PJ, Edwards AJ, Clark CD (1996) A review of remote sensing for tropical coastal resources assessment and management. Coastal Management 24(1): 1-40 Download

Mumby PJ, Clarke KR, Harborne AR (1996) Weighting species abundance estimates for marine resource assessment. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 6:115-120 Download

1995

Mumby PJ, Gray DA, Gibson J, Raines PS (1995) Geographic Information Systems: A tool for integrated coastal zone management in Belize. Coastal Management 23(2): 111-121 Download

Mumby PJ, Harborne AR, Raines PS, Ridley JM (1995) A critical assessment of data derived from Coral Cay Conservation volunteers.  Bulletin of Marine Science 56(3): 742-756. Download

  1. Largouët C., M.-O. Cordier, Y.-M. Bozec, Y. Zhao, G. Fontenelle (2012) Use of timed automata and model-checking to explore scenarios on ecosystem models. Environmental Modelling & Software 30: 123-138. pdf
  2. Bozec Y.-M., M. Kulbicki, F. Laloë, G. Mou-Tham., D. Gascuel (2011) Factors affecting the detection distances of reef fish: implications for visual counts. Marine Biology 158: 969–981. pdf