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Coral restoration and adaptation in Australia: The first five years [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2022
While coral reefs in Australia have historically been a showcase of conventional management informed by research, recent declines in coral cover have triggered efforts to innovate and integrate intervention and restoration actions into management ...
Ian M. McLeod, Margaux Y. Hein, Russ Babcock, Line Bay, David G. Bourne, Nathan Cook, Christopher Doropoulos, Mark Gibbs, Peter Harrison, Stewart Lockie, Madeleine J. H. van Oppen, Neil Mattocks, Cathie A. Page, Carly J. Randall, Adam Smith, Hillary A. Smith, David J. Suggett, Bruce Taylor, Karen J. Vella, David Wachenfeld, Lisa Boström-Einarsson   +20 more
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Coral restoration - A systematic review of current methods, successes, failures and future directions. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2020
Coral reef ecosystems have suffered an unprecedented loss of habitat-forming hard corals in recent decades. While marine conservation has historically focused on passive habitat protection, demand for and interest in active restoration has been growing ...
Lisa Boström-Einarsson, Russell C Babcock, Elisa Bayraktarov, Daniela Ceccarelli, Nathan Cook, Sebastian C A Ferse, Boze Hancock, Peter Harrison, Margaux Hein, Elizabeth Shaver, Adam Smith, David Suggett, Phoebe J Stewart-Sinclair, Tali Vardi, Ian M McLeod   +14 more
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Assessing acute thermal assays as a rapid screening tool for coral restoration [PDF]

Scientific Reports
Escalating environmental threats to coral reefs coincides with global advancements in coral restoration programs. To improve long-term efficacy, practitioners must consider incorporating genotypes resilient to ocean warming and disease while maintaining ...
C. N. Klepac, C. G. Petrik, E. Karabelas, J. Owens, E. R. Hall, E. M. Muller   +5 more
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Coastal business perception of coral value and payment for coral restoration [PDF]

Scientific Reports
Coral reefs provide important economic benefits to coastal businesses, supporting recreation and tourism and protecting property from storms. Yet, these benefits are at risk worldwide as corals decline rapidly, and investment in restoration is lacking ...
Rachel R. Carlson, Joanna Klitzke, Gretchen C. Daily, Larry B. Crowder, Borja G. Reguero, Gregory P. Asner   +5 more
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Coral Restoration Effectiveness: Multiregional Snapshots of the Long-Term Responses of Coral Assemblages to Restoration

Diversity, 2020
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 enhanced reef functions leading to improved ecosystem services, with ...
Margaux Hein, Naomi M Gardiner, Bette L Willis   +2 more
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Seeing the forest for the coral trees: involvement and perceptions of reef threats among coral restoration volunteers in Roatan, Honduras [PDF]

Cambridge Prisms: Coastal Futures
Despite the global expansion of coral restoration initiatives that depend on volunteer divers in supporting these programs, research exploring their motivations, sentiments and knowledge remains scarce.
Sierra Garcia, Antonella Rivera
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Coral restoration alters reef soundscapes but machine learning and manual analyses suggest different recovery rates. [PDF]

PLoS ONE
Coral restoration is recognised as a critical tool to mitigate pantropical degradation of reef ecosystems. Robust monitoring of restoration progress is crucial for projects to evaluate their success, improve practice, and share knowledge.
Emily Maria Croasdale, Luca Saponari, Charlotte Dale, Nirmal Shah, Ben Williams, Timothy A C Lamont   +5 more
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Coral restoration can drive rapid increases in reef accretion potential [PDF]

Scientific Reports
Coral-reef degradation is disrupting the balance between reef accretion and erosion and threatening the persistence of essential coral-reef habitats.
Lauren T. Toth, Selena A. Johnson, Erin O. Lyons, Jason Spadaro, Anastasios Stathakopoulos, Sierra Bloomer, Jennifer Mallon, Connor M. Jenkins, Sara D. Williams, Ian Combs, Zachary Craig, Erinn Muller   +11 more
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Time to cash in on positive interactions for coral restoration [PDF]

PeerJ, 2017
Coral reefs are among the most biodiverse and productive ecosystems on Earth, and provide critical ecosystem services such as protein provisioning, coastal protection, and tourism revenue.
Elizabeth C. Shaver, Brian R. Silliman
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Coral restoration for coastal resilience: Integrating ecology, hydrodynamics, and engineering at multiple scales

Ecosphere, 2023
The loss of functional and accreting coral reefs reduces coastal protection and resilience for tropical coastlines. Coral restoration has potential for recovering healthy reefs that can mitigate risks from coastal hazards and increase sustainability ...
Shay Viehman, James Hench, Andrew W Brückner   +2 more
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