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Using size-weight relationships to estimate biomass of heavily targeted aquarium corals by Australia’s coral harvest fisheries

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2023
Coral reefs are highly threatened environs subject to ongoing unprecedented degradation as a result of anthropogenic activities. Given the existential threat to coral reef ecosystems, extractive industries that make use of coral reef resources, are ...
Kai I. Pacey   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Coral reef ecosystem services in the Anthropocene

open access: yesFunctional Ecology, 2019
Coral reefs underpin a range of ecosystem goods and services that contribute to the well-being of millions of people. However, tropical coral reefs in the Anthropocene are likely to be functionally different from reefs in the past.
A. J. Woodhead   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Climate Change, Coral Loss, and the Curious Case of the Parrotfish Paradigm: Why Don't Marine Protected Areas Improve Reef Resilience?

open access: yesAnnual Review of Marine Science, 2019
Scientists have advocated for local interventions, such as creating marine protected areas and implementing fishery restrictions, as ways to mitigate local stressors to limit the effects of climate change on reef-building corals. However, in a literature
J. Bruno, I. Côté, L. Toth
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Impacts of ocean warming on echinoderms: A meta‐analysis

open access: yesEcology and Evolution, 2023
Rising ocean temperatures are threatening marine species and populations worldwide, and ectothermic taxa are particularly vulnerable. Echinoderms are an ecologically important phylum of marine ectotherms and shifts in their population dynamics can have ...
Bethan J. Lang   +6 more
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The future of coral reefs [PDF]

open access: yesProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2001
Coral reefs, with their millions of species, have changed profoundly because of the effects of people, and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future. Reefs are subject to many of the same processes that affect other human-dominated ecosystems, but some special features merit emphasis: (i) Many dominant reef builders spawn eggs and sperm into ...
openaire   +3 more sources

Bathymetry of the Coral Reefs of Weizhou Island Based on Multispectral Satellite Images

open access: yesRemote Sensing, 2017
Shallow water depth measurements using multispectral images are crucial for marine surveying and mapping. At present, relevant studies either depend on the use of other auxiliary data (such as field water depths or water column data) or contain too many ...
Rongyong Huang   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Private Capital to Improve Nature-Based Solutions for Coastal Protection: Time for a Boost

open access: yesOceans, 2022
Coastal protection, an important coral reef ecosystem service, is threatened by increasing coral mortality, exacerbated by global climate change. Nature-based solutions in the form of coral restoration, while not perfect, can assist in rebuilding reef ...
Angelique Brathwaite   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Microbial indicators of environmental perturbations in coral reef ecosystems

open access: yesMicrobiome, 2019
Coral reefs are facing unprecedented pressure on local and global scales. Sensitive and rapid markers for ecosystem stress are urgently needed to underpin effective management and restoration strategies.
B. Glasl   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

XXVIII. Corals and Coral Reefs [PDF]

open access: yesTransactions of the Geological Society of Glasgow, 1900
T he lecturer began by pointing out that the carbonate of lime, of which the hard parts of most corals consist, has been derived in the first instance from the decomposition of such eruptive rocks as basalt and dolerite.
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