Incorporating climate change adaptation into marine protected area planning

KL Wilson, DP Tittensor, B Worm… - Global Change …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change is increasingly impacting marine protected areas (MPAs) and MPA
networks, yet adaptation strategies are rarely incorporated into MPA design and …

Land use impacts on coral reef health: A ridge-to-reef perspective

RR Carlson, SA Foo, GP Asner - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Over 60% of the world's reefs experience damage from local activities such as overfishing,
coastal development, and watershed pollution. Land-based sources of pollution are a critical …

Integrating climate adaptation and biodiversity conservation in the global ocean

DP Tittensor, M Beger, K Boerder, DG Boyce… - Science …, 2019 - science.org
The impacts of climate change and the socioecological challenges they present are
ubiquitous and increasingly severe. Practical efforts to operationalize climate-responsive …

Management foundations for navigating ecological transformation by resisting, accepting, or directing social–ecological change

DR Magness, L Hoang, RT Belote, J Brennan… - …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Despite striking global change, management to ensure healthy landscapes and sustained
natural resources has tended to set objectives on the basis of the historical range of …

Sources and discharge of nitrogen pollution from agriculture and wastewater in the Mesoamerican Reef region

M Berger, SWJ Canty, C Tuholske… - Ocean & Coastal …, 2022 - Elsevier
Land-based nitrogen pollution is a major threat to coastal ecosystems, especially in tropical
regions home to high biodiversity habitats such as coral reefs and seagrass beds. The …

Global analysis of benthic complexity in shallow coral reefs

J Li, GP Asner - Environmental Research Letters, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Three-dimensional shallow benthic complexity (also known as benthic rugosity) reflects the
physical conditions of shallow coral reefs environments and can be used to estimate fish …

Collapsing ecosystem functions on an inshore coral reef

SB Tebbett, RA Morais, CHR Goatley… - Journal of Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Ecosystem functions underpin productivity and key services to humans, such as food
provision. However, as the severity of environmental stressors intensifies, it is becoming …

Global forest restoration opportunities to foster coral reef conservation

AF Suárez‐Castro, HL Beyer, CD Kuempel… - Global change …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Sediment runoff from disturbed coastal catchments is a major threat to marine ecosystems.
Understanding where sediments are produced and where they are delivered enables …

Best‐practice forestry management delivers diminishing returns for coral reefs with increased land‐clearing

AS Wenger, D Harris, S Weber, F Vaghi… - Journal of Applied …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Protection of coastal ecosystems from deforestation may be the best way to protect coral
reefs from sediment runoff. However, given the importance of generating economic activities …

Biocultural restoration of traditional agriculture: cultural, environmental, and economic outcomes of Lo 'i Kalo restoration in He 'eia, O 'ahu

LL Bremer, K Falinski, C Ching, CA Wada, KM Burnett… - Sustainability, 2018 - mdpi.com
There are growing efforts around the world to restore biocultural systems that produce food
while also providing additional cultural and ecological benefits. Yet, there are few examples …