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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
doaj   +2 more sources

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
doaj   +2 more sources

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 ...
T Shay Viehman, James L Hench
exaly   +2 more sources

Motivations, success, and cost of coral reef restoration [PDF]

Restoration Ecology, 2019
Coral reef restoration is an increasingly important part of tropical marine conservation. Information about what motivates coral reef restoration as well as its success and cost is not well understood but is needed to inform restoration decisions. We systematically review and synthesize data from mostly scientific studies published in peer‐reviewed and
Elisa Bayraktarov, Phoebe J Stewart-Sinclair, Shantala Brisbane   +2 more
exaly   +5 more sources

Frag-n-Fly gardening method for coral restoration - Pitching to the industry level the methods for coral fragmentation and outplanting in coral reef restoration. [PDF]

MethodsX
This study introduces the Frag-n-Fly method, an innovative approach to large-scale coral gardening designed to improve the efficiency of fragmentation and outplanting while meeting maritime industry standards. The method follows a six-step workflow implemented during two maritime expeditions and centers on a cache area adjacent to the restoration site,
Giraldes BW, Donahue C, Mello ES, Al-Mohannadi HS, Mustafa SF, Abdulla M, Range P.   +6 more
europepmc   +4 more sources

A quick and reliable menthol-induced bleaching protocol for the Caribbean staghorn coral, Acropora cervicornis [PDF]

PeerJ
Corals and dinoflagellate algae form a unique mutualistic symbiosis that provides the energetic and structural foundation for shallow coral reef ecosystems. Despite the long success of this partnership in oligotrophic seas, coral reefs are in decline due
J. Grace Klinges, Marina Villoch Diaz-Mauriño, Roger M. Wilder, Maia C. Erbes, Eleftherios C. Karabelas, Erinn M. Muller, Cory J. Krediet   +6 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Creation of complex reef structures through coral restoration does not affect associated fish populations on a remote, well-protected, Caribbean reef [PDF]

PeerJ
Coral reef ecosystems are facing severe degradation due to anthropogenic activities at both local and global scales. In response, extensive restoration efforts are underway, aiming to bolster coral cover and enhance reef fish communities to foster ...
Jack V. Johnson, John F. Bruno, Lucas Le Gall, Matthew Louis Doherty, Alex Chequer, Gretchen Goodbody Gringley   +5 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Directing coral larval settlement in coral aquaculture for reef restoration. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Abstract Optimising coral early life stages, particularly larval settlement, remains a challenge for coral aquaculture. Settlement typically relies on biologically conditioned substrates, such as crustose coralline algae (CCA) or microbial films, which are difficult to scale for mass-production.
Briggs ND, Negri AP, Antunes E, Drane M, Severati A, Flores F.   +5 more
europepmc   +3 more sources

Shifting paradigms in restoration of the world's coral reefs

Global Change Biology, 2017
AbstractMany ecosystems around the world are rapidly deteriorating due to both local and global pressures, and perhaps none so precipitously as coral reefs. Management of coral reefs through maintenance (e.g., marine‐protected areas, catchment management to improve water quality), restoration, as well as global and national governmental agreements to ...
Ruth D Gates, Linda L Blackall, Leela J Chakravarti   +2 more
exaly   +5 more sources

Density Dependence Drives Habitat Production and Survivorship of Acropora cervicornis Used for Restoration on a Caribbean Coral Reef

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2016
Coral restoration is gaining traction as a viable strategy to help restore degraded reefs. While the nascent field of coral restoration has rapidly progressed in the past decade, significant knowledge gaps remain regarding the drivers of restoration ...
Mark C Ladd, Andrew A Shantz, Deron E Burkepile   +2 more
exaly   +3 more sources