Science for Sustainable Management of Coral Reef Biodiversity: a multi-disciplinary approach to global-scale processes and patterns

珊瑚礁生物多样性可持续管理科学：对全球范围的过程和模式的多学科方法。休斯将领导一个国际团队开展一项多学科研究计划，该计划将量化珊瑚礁生物多样性模式背后的过程，重点关注这些复杂系统在空间和时间上的多个尺度上的生态和进化机制。一个新的建模组成部分将提供多尺度进程和区域尺度模式之间的机械联系。这项研究将巩固澳大利亚对珊瑚礁科学的领先贡献，并将指导跨越国际边界的珊瑚礁生物多样性的管理、可持续利用和保护。

Science for Sustainable Management of Coral Reef Biodiversity: a multi-disciplinary approach to global-scale processes and patterns. Hughes will lead an international team to undertake a multi-disciplinary program of research that will quantify the processes underlying biodiversity patterns on coral reefs, focussing on ecological and evolutionary mechanisms of these complex systems at multiple scales in space and time. A novel modelling component will provide the mechanistic link between multi-scale processes and regional-scale patterns. This research will cement Australia's leading contribution to coral reef science, and will guide the management, sustainable use and conservation of coral reef biodiversity across international boundaries.