Laurence J. McCook

Research interests

Publications

• Revisiting “Success” and “Failure” of Marine Protected Areas: A Conservation Scientist Perspective

  Frontiers in Marine Science · 2018 · 10.3389/fmars.2018.00223

• Designing, implementing and managing marine protected areas: Emerging trends and opportunities for coral reef nations

  Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology · 2011 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2011.07.023

• Near-term priorities for the science, policy and practice of Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning (CMSP)

  Marine Policy · 2011 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2011.05.004

• Adaptive management of the Great Barrier Reef: A globally significant demonstration of the benefits of networks of marine reserves

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2010 · 10.1073/pnas.0909335107

• Management under uncertainty: guide-lines for incorporating connectivity into the protection of coral reefs

  Coral Reefs · 2009 · 10.1007/s00338-008-0463-7

• The impact of benthic algae on the settlement of a reef-building coral

  Coral Reefs · 2009 · https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-009-0573-x

• Connectivity, biodiversity conservation and the design of marine reserve networks for coral reefs

  Coral Reefs · 2009 · 10.1007/s00338-009-0484-x

• Doom and Boom on a Resilient Reef: Climate Change, Algal Overgrowth and Coral Recovery

  PLoS ONE · 2009 · 10.1371/journal.pone.0005239

• Thinking and managing outside the box: coalescing connectivity networks to build region-wide resilience in coral reef ecosystems

  Coral Reefs · 2009 · https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-009-0470-3

• Effects Of Benthic Algae On The Replenishment Of Corals And The Implications For The Resilience Of Coral Reefs

  Oceanography and Marine Biology/Oceanography and marine biology - an annual review · 2008 · 10.1201/9781420065756.ch2

• Phase Shifts, Herbivory, and the Resilience of Coral Reefs to Climate Change

  Current Biology · 2007 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2006.12.049

• No-take areas, herbivory and coral reef resilience

  Trends in Ecology & Evolution · 2006 · 10.1016/j.tree.2006.10.009

• Effects of algal turfs and sediment on coral settlement

  Marine Pollution Bulletin · 2004 · 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2004.10.022

• Changes in algal, coral and fish assemblages along water quality gradients on the inshore Great Barrier Reef

  Marine Pollution Bulletin · 2004 · 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2004.10.041

• The effects of nutrients and herbivory on competition between a hard coral (Poritescylindrica) and a brown alga (Lobophora variegata)

  Limnology and Oceanography · 2002 · https://doi.org/10.4319/lo.2002.47.2.0527

• Effects of competition and herbivory on interactions between a hard coral and a brown alga

  Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology · 2002 · 10.1016/s0022-0981(02)00040-0

• Competition between corals and algae on coral reefs: a review of evidence and mechanisms

  Coral Reefs · 2001 · https://doi.org/10.1007/s003380000129

• Competition between corals and algal turfs along a gradient of terrestrial influence in the nearshore central Great Barrier Reef

  Coral Reefs · 2001 · 10.1007/s003380000119

• TERRITORIAL DAMSELFISHES AS DETERMINANTS OF THE STRUCTURE OF BENTHIC COMMUNITIES ON CORAL REEFS

  ResearchOnline at James Cook University (James Cook University) · 2001 · https://doi.org/10.1201/b12588-5

• Macroalgae, nutrients and phase shifts on coral reefs: scientific issues and management consequences for the Great Barrier Reef

  Coral Reefs · 1999 · https://doi.org/10.1007/s003380050213

• Understanding ecological community succession: Causal models and theories, a review

  Plant Ecology · 1994 · 10.1007/bf00033394

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