Coral reef management is increasingly focused on supporting the resilience of coral
communities to increasing and cumulative pressures. The coral index provides a concise …

Climate change is causing the decline of coral reef ecosystems globally. Recent research
highlights the importance of reducing CO 2 emissions in combination with implementing …

With rapid changes taking place on coral reefs, managers and scientists are faced with
prioritising interventions that might avoid undesirable losses in ecosystem health. The …

Irrefutable evidence of coral reef degradation worldwide and increasing pressure from rising
seawater temperatures and ocean acidification associated with climate change have led to a …

The persistence of diverse yet threatened ecosystems like coral reefs will require urgent
action underpinned by effective assessments of resilience. Resilience potential …

The integrity of coral reefs has increasingly been threatened by human development and
climate change. As a result, the concept of ecological resilience–an ecosystem's capability …

Coral reefs can undergo unexpected and dramatic changes in community composition, so
called phase shifts. This can have profound consequences for ecosystem services upon …

A new paradigm has emerged for management of coral reefs in an era of changing climate–
managing for resilience. A fundamental need for such management to be effective is our …

The progressive downward shift in dominance of key reef building corals, coupled with
dramatic increases in macroalgae and other nuisance species, fields of unstable coral …

The decline of coral reefs has been broadly attributed to human stressors being too strong
and pervasive, whereas biological processes that may render coral reefs fragile have been …