Untapped policy avenues to protect coral reef ecosystems
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2022 Coral reefs are experiencing severe decline, and urgent action is required at local and global scales to curb ecosystem loss. Establishing new regulations to protect corals, however, can be time consuming and costly, and it is therefore necessary to leverage existing legal instruments, such as policies originally designed to address terrestrial rather ...
Rachel R. Carlson +3 more
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The Extent and spatial scale of connectivity among reef fish populations: implications for marine protected areas designated for fisheries enhancement [PDF]
, 2003 Enthusiasm for the use of no-take marine protected areas (MPAs) as management tools for the protection and enhancement of coral reef fishes is widespread.
Ludsin, S.A., Sale, P.F.
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Call to protect all coral reefs [PDF]
Nature Climate Change, 2013 The world's coral reefs are in decline, threatening the food security of millions of people. Adopting an ecosystem-scale approach that protects deep as well as shallow reefs would deliver several social and economic benefits.
Bridge, Tom C.L. +3 more
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Assessing mesophotic coral ecosystems inside and outside a Caribbean marine protected area [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2018 Widespread shallow coral reef loss has led to calls for more holistic approaches to coral reef management, requiring inclusion of ecosystems interacting with shallow coral reefs in management plans.
Erika Gress +3 more
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Predictive models for the selection of thermally tolerant corals based on offspring survival
Nature Communications, 2022 Finding coral reefs resilient to climate warming is challenging. This study combines Great Barrier Reef remote sensing with breeding experiments that estimate coral survival under exposure to high temperatures to develop forecasting models that locate ...
K. M. Quigley, M. J. H. van Oppen
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Genetically Engineering Coral for Conservation: Psychological Correlates of Public Acceptability
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021 Coral bleaching contributes to widespread reef loss globally, including Australia’s World Heritage site, the Great Barrier Reef. Synthetic biology offers the potential to isolate and cultivate strains of coral that can naturally withstand higher sea ...
Aditi Mankad +2 more
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Health Status of Coral Reef in Tunda Island, Banten Province, Indonesia
Ilmu Kelautan, 2020 Coral reef is an important underwater ecosystem supporting people’s lives in coastal areas. One of the communities depending on the coral reef ecosystem for its food, livelihood, shoreline protection, and recreation needs is a community in Tunda Island ...
Mujiyanto Mujiyanto +4 more
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Is Acropora Palmata recovering? A case study in Los Roques National Park, Venezuela [PDF]
, 2016 Eight years ago (2007), the distribution and status of Acropora palmata was quantified throughout Los Roques archipelago in Venezuela. The aim was to produce a baseline study for this species which combined population genetics with demographic data.
Acropora Biological Review Team +84 more
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Coral reefs diversity in Gili Genting Island Sumenep Madura
Journal of Biological Researches, 2014 Coral reef ecosystem is the most threatened ecosystem among marine ecosystem in the world due to the combination of anthropogenic and natural disturbances.
Fathorrohman Fathorrohman +2 more
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Mortality, recovery, and community shifts of scleractinian corals in Puerto Rico one decade after the 2005 regional bleaching event [PDF]
PeerJ, 2017 This work analyzes the mortality, recovery, and shifts in the composition of scleractinian corals from Puerto Rico one decade after the 2005 regional coral bleaching event.
Jorge R. García-Sais +2 more
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