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Valuing coral reef protection

Ocean & Coastal Management, 1995
Past economic valuations of tropical marine parks inaccurately measure their economic benefits because they value the resource protected and not the protection provided. Instead, the economic benefit of a marine park should be measured as the savings from avoided losses in reef value that would result in the absence of park protection, net of any costs
L. Pendleton
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Numerical modelling of the impact of coral reef degradation and sea level rise on coastal protection at The Buccoo Reef, Tobago: implications for reef restoration and management strategies

Frontiers in Marine Science
Coral reefs provide natural coastal protection through depth-induced wave breaking and frictional dissipation on the fore reef, the reef crest, and the back reef.
Avinash Boodoo, Deborah Villarroel-Lamb
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Coral Reef Populations in the Caribbean: Is There a Case for Better Protection against Climate Change? [PDF]

, 2013
Copyright © 2013 Michael James C. Crabbe. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly ...
Michael James C. Crabbe
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Shifting sands: The influence of coral reefs on shoreline erosion from short-term storm protection to long-term disequilibrium

Nature-Based Solutions
Climate change is exacerbating shoreline erosion and flooding, posing significant risks to coastal communities. Although traditional coastal defenses such as seawalls, dykes, and breakwaters offer protection from these hazards, their high environmental ...
Stephan A Bitterwolf, Borja G Reguero, Curt D Storlazzi, Michael W Beck   +3 more
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Iconic coral reef degraded despite substantial protection [PDF]

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2012
The largest barrier reef in the world, Australia’s Great Barrier Reef (GBR), extends for over 2,300 km and encompasses nearly 3,000 individual reef formations. An ecosystem of extraordinary diversity and beauty (Fig. 1A), it is a World Heritage Site that brings substantial resources to the Australian economy, including over 50,000 full-time jobs and A ...
Nancy­ Knowlton­
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Marine predator movements create seascape connectivity in remote coral reef ecosystems [PDF]

Movement Ecology
Background Movement of marine predators can connect different habitats and create links that are key for maintaining metapopulation dynamics, genetic diversity, energy flow and trophic links within and between systems.
Luciana C. Ferreira, Ronen Galaiduk, Ben Radford, Vinay Udyawer, Mark Meekan, Michele Thums, Rob Harcourt, Kate A. Lee, Eric A. Treml   +8 more
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Effects of Protection and Sediment Stress on Coral Reefs in Saint Lucia [PDF]

PLOS ONE, 2016
The extent to which Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) benefit corals is contentious. On one hand, MPAs could enhance coral growth and survival through increases in herbivory within their borders; on the other, they are unlikely to prevent disturbances, such as terrestrial runoff, that originate outside their boundaries.
Chantale Bégin, Christiane K. Schelten, Maggy M. Nugues, Julie A. Hawkins, Callum M. Roberts, Isabelle M. Côté   +5 more
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Coral reef protection is fundamental to human rights

Global Change Biology
AbstractThe intensifying loss of coral reefs from global climate change and local stressors has seen international commitments targeted at conservation and repair, for example the Kunming–Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. Fulfilling these targets requires decisions to be made on where, when, and how to act, ultimately dictating where limited ...
Emma F. Camp, Irus Braverman, Genevieve Wilkinson, Christian R. Voolstra   +3 more
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Effects of herbivory, nutrients, and reef protection on algal proliferation and coral growth on a tropical reef [PDF]

Oecologia, 2011
Maintaining coral reef resilience against increasing anthropogenic disturbance is critical for effective reef management. Resilience is partially determined by how processes, such as herbivory and nutrient supply, affect coral recovery versus macroalgal proliferation following disturbances.
Douglas B. Rasher, Sebastian Engel, Victor Bonito, Gareth J. Fraser, Joseph P. Montoya, Mark E. Hay   +5 more
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Does herbivorous fish protection really improve coral reef resilience? A case study from new caledonia (South Pacific). [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
Parts of coral reefs from New Caledonia (South Pacific) were registered at the UNESCO World Heritage list in 2008. Management strategies aiming at preserving the exceptional ecological value of these reefs in the context of climate change are currently ...
Laure Carassou, Marc Léopold, Nicolas Guillemot, Laurent Wantiez, Michel Kulbicki   +4 more
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