Coral propagation: a review of techniques for ornamental trade and reef restoration

JA Barton, BL Willis, KS Hutson - Reviews in aquaculture, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Aquaculture of coral offers an alternative to wild harvest for the ornamental trade and shows
considerable promise for restoring reefs and preserving biodiversity. Here, we compare …

Gene expression associated with white syndromes in a reef building coral, Acropora hyacinthus

RM Wright, GV Aglyamova, E Meyer, MV Matz - BMC genomics, 2015 - Springer
Background Corals are capable of launching diverse immune defenses at the site of direct
contact with pathogens, but the molecular mechanisms of this activity and the colony-wide …

Scuba diving damage and intensity of tourist activities increases coral disease prevalence

JB Lamb, JD True, S Piromvaragorn, BL Willis - Biological Conservation, 2014 - Elsevier
Recreational diving and snorkeling on coral reefs is one of the fastest growing tourism
sectors globally. Damage associated with intensive recreational tourist use has been …

Sediment and turbidity associated with offshore dredging increase coral disease prevalence on nearby reefs

FJ Pollock, JB Lamb, SN Field, SF Heron… - PLOS …, 2014 - journals.plos.org
In recent decades, coral reef ecosystems have declined to the extent that reefs are now
threatened globally. While many water quality parameters have been proposed to contribute …

Nearshore turbid-zone corals exhibit high bleaching tolerance on the Great Barrier Reef following the 2016 ocean warming event

KM Morgan, CT Perry, JA Johnson… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
High sea surface temperatures (SSTs) on the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) during summer
2015/2016 caused extensive coral bleaching, with aerial and in-water surveys confirming …

Global coral disease prevalence associated with sea temperature anomalies and local factors

D Ruiz-Moreno, BL Willis, AC Page, E Weil… - Diseases of aquatic …, 2012 - int-res.com
Coral diseases are taking an increasing toll on coral reef structure and biodiversity and are
important indicators of declining health in the oceans. We implemented standardized coral …

What can South African reefs tell us about the future of high-latitude coral systems?

MH Schleyer, C Floros, SCS Laing… - Marine Pollution …, 2018 - Elsevier
Coral communities are found at high latitude on the East Coast subtropical reefs of South
Africa. They are biodiverse, economically important, and afforded World Heritage Site status …

Human impacts on coral reef ecosystem

HA El-Naggar - Natural resources management and biological …, 2020 - books.google.com
Healthy, Coral reefs are the most spectacular, diverse and economically valuable marine
ecosystems on the planet, Complex and productive, coral reefs are extremely important for …

Coral restoration effectiveness: multiregional snapshots of the long-term responses of coral assemblages to restoration

MY Hein, R Beeden, A Birtles, NM Gardiner, T Le Berre… - Diversity, 2020 - mdpi.com
Coral restoration is rapidly becoming a mainstream strategic reef management response to
address dramatic declines in coral cover worldwide. Restoration success can be defined as …

Increasing densities of Pacific crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster cf. solaris) at Lizard Island, northern Great Barrier Reef, resolved using a novel survey method

JF Chandler, D Burn, CF Caballes, PC Doll… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Recurrent population irruptions of Pacific crown-of-thorns starfish (CoTS, Acanthaster cf.
solaris) are among the foremost causes of coral mortality on Australia's Great Barrier Reef …