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sleeping functional group: a standalone construct

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Marine biology

a species group with little apparent role on a healthy reef that becomes critical to recovery after disturbance, such as browsers removing macroalgae.

In marine biology, sleeping functional group refers to a species group with little apparent role on a healthy reef that becomes critical to recovery after disturbance, such as browsers removing macroalgae. This meaning comes from Bellwood (2006) in Current Biology.[1]

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References

Bellwood, D. R., Hughes, T. P., & Hoey, A. S. (2006). Sleeping Functional Group Drives Coral-Reef Recovery. Current Biology, 16(24), 2434-2439. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2006.10.030

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