A research review of interventions to increase the persistence and resilience of coral reefs

National Academies of Sciences, Division on Earth… - 2019 - books.google.com
Coral reef declines have been recorded for all major tropical ocean basins since the 1980s,
averaging approximately 30-50% reductions in reef cover globally. These losses are a result …

Considerations for maximizing the adaptive potential of restored coral populations in the western Atlantic

IB Baums, AC Baker, SW Davies… - Ecological …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Active coral restoration typically involves two interventions: crossing gametes to facilitate
sexual larval propagation; and fragmenting, growing, and outplanting adult colonies to …

Role of host genetics and heat‐tolerant algal symbionts in sustaining populations of the endangered coral Orbicella faveolata in the Florida Keys with ocean warming

DP Manzello, MV Matz, IC Enochs… - Global Change …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Identifying which factors lead to coral bleaching resistance is a priority given the global
decline of coral reefs with ocean warming. During the second year of back‐to‐back …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of climate change on marine coastal ecosystems–A review to guide research and management

E Trégarot, JP D'Olivo, AZ Botelho, A Cabrito… - Biological …, 2024 - Elsevier
There is growing concern over climate models that project significant changes in the oceans,
with consequences on marine biodiversity and human well-being. However, marine and …

Modeling vertical coral connectivity and mesophotic refugia

DM Holstein, CB Paris, AC Vaz, TB Smith - Coral Reefs, 2016 - Springer
Whether mesophotic reefs will behave as refugia for corals threatened by global climate
change and coastal development depends on vertical exchange of larvae between diverse …

Predicting responses of geo-ecological carbonate reef systems to climate change: a conceptual model and review

NK Browne, M Cuttler, K Moon, K Morgan… - … and marine biology, 2021 - taylorfrancis.com
230Coral reefs provide critical ecological and geomorphic (eg sediment production for reef-
fronted shoreline maintenance) services, which interact in complex and dynamic ways …

Genetic patterns in Montipora capitata across an environmental mosaic in Kāne'ohe Bay, O'ahu, Hawai'i

C Caruso, M Rocha de Souza, L Ruiz‐Jones… - Molecular …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Spatial genetic structure (SGS) is important to a population's ability to adapt to
environmental change. For species that reproduce both sexually and asexually, the relative …

Oxidative stress on scleractinian coral fragments following exposure to high temperature and low salinity

M Dias, C Madeira, N Jogee, A Ferreira, R Gouveia… - Ecological …, 2019 - Elsevier
Global warming is leading to both increases in frequency and intensity of tropical storms,
with consequent salinity decrease at shallow reef areas, but also to mass bleaching events …

Evolutionary history drives biogeographic patterns of coral reef resilience

G Roff - Bioscience, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Modern-day Indo-Pacific coral reefs are characterized by rapid recovery driven by
pulses of coral recruitment, but Caribbean reefs exhibit low rates of recruitment and poor …

Benthic community structure on coral reefs exposed to intensive recreational snorkeling

B Renfro, NE Chadwick - PLoS One, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Chronic anthropogenic disturbances on coral reefs in the form of overfishing and pollution
can shift benthic community composition away from stony corals and toward macroalgae …