Bright spots in coastal marine ecosystem restoration

MI Saunders, C Doropoulos, E Bayraktarov… - Current Biology, 2020 - cell.com
Summary The United Nations General Assembly calls for ecosystem restoration to be a
primary intervention strategy used to counter the continued loss of natural habitats …

Securing a long-term future for coral reefs

O Hoegh-Guldberg, EV Kennedy, HL Beyer… - Trends in ecology & …, 2018 - cell.com
Rapid ocean warming as a result of climate change poses a key risk for coral reefs. Even if
the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement are achieved, coral reefs are likely to decline by 70 …

[HTML][HTML] The effectiveness of coral reefs for coastal hazard risk reduction and adaptation

F Ferrario, MW Beck, CD Storlazzi, F Micheli… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
The world's coastal zones are experiencing rapid development and an increase in storms
and flooding. These hazards put coastal communities at heightened risk, which may …

Motivations, success, and cost of coral reef restoration

E Bayraktarov, PJ Stewart‐Sinclair… - Restoration …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Coral reef restoration is an increasingly important part of tropical marine conservation.
Information about what motivates coral reef restoration as well as its success and cost is not …

Managing the development of artificial reef systems: The need for quantitative goals

A Becker, MD Taylor, H Folpp, MB Lowry - Fish and Fisheries, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Fisheries enhancement initiatives are a potentially useful tool for managers to supplement
traditional approaches. Habitat‐based enhancements often deploy artificial reefs with the …

The science of European marine reserves: Status, efficacy, and future needs

PB Fenberg, JE Caselle, J Claudet, M Clemence… - Marine policy, 2012 - Elsevier
The ecologically and socio-economically important marine ecosystems of Europe are facing
severe threats from a variety of human impacts. To mitigate and potentially reverse some of …

Coastal livelihood vulnerability to marine resource degradation: A review of the Indonesian national coastal and marine policy framework

D Ferrol-Schulte, P Gorris, W Baitoningsih, DS Adhuri… - Marine policy, 2015 - Elsevier
In rapidly developing countries, where large sections of the population are highly dependent
on marine resources, coastal livelihoods are vulnerable to sudden shocks and long-term …

Closing the circle: is it feasible to rehabilitate reefs with sexually propagated corals?

JR Guest, MV Baria, ED Gomez, AJ Heyward… - Coral Reefs, 2014 - Springer
Sexual propagation of corals specifically for reef rehabilitation remains largely experimental.
In this study, we refined low technology culture and transplantation approaches and …

Large‐scale coral reef rehabilitation after blast fishing in Indonesia

SL Williams, C Sur, N Janetski… - Restoration …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The severely degraded condition of many coral reefs worldwide calls for active interventions
to rehabilitate their physical and biological structure and function, in addition to effective …

A Bayesian‐based system to assess wave‐driven flooding hazards on coral reef‐lined coasts

SG Pearson, CD Storlazzi… - Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Many low‐elevation, coral reef‐lined, tropical coasts are vulnerable to the effects of climate
change, sea level rise, and wave‐induced flooding. The considerable morphological …