Mitigating the ecological collapse of coral reef ecosystems: effective strategies to preserve coral reef ecosystems

CR Voolstra, RS Peixoto, C Ferrier‐Pagès - EMBO reports, 2023 - embopress.org
Coral reef ecosystems are biodiversity hotspots that provide a habitat for about a third of all
marine species (Fisher et al, 2015)—which is why colloquially they are referred to as the …

New interventions are needed to save coral reefs

K Anthony, LK Bay, R Costanza, J Firn, J Gunn… - Nature ecology & …, 2017 - nature.com
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Perspectives on the use of coral reef restoration as a strategy to support and improve reef ecosystem services

MY Hein, T Vardi, EC Shaver, S Pioch… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
In 2019, the United Nations Environment Assembly requested that the United Nations
Environment Programme (UNEP) and the International Coral Reef Initiative (ICRI) define …

Scientific frontiers in the management of coral reefs

S Aswani, PJ Mumby, AC Baker, P Christie… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Coral reefs are subjected globally to a variety of natural and anthropogenic stressors that
often act synergistically. Today, reversing ongoing and future coral reef degradation …

Designing a blueprint for coral reef survival

J Kleypas, D Allemand, K Anthony, AC Baker… - Biological …, 2021 - Elsevier
Maintaining coral reef ecosystems is a social imperative, because so many people depend
on coral reefs for food production, shoreline protection, and livelihoods. The survival of reefs …

The coral conservation crisis: interacting local and global stressors reduce reef resiliency and create challenges for conservation solutions

AM Good, KD Bahr - SN Applied Sciences, 2021 - Springer
Coral reefs are one of the most productive and biodiverse ecosystems in the world. Humans
rely on these coral reef ecosystems to provide significant ecological and economic …

Social–environmental drivers inform strategic management of coral reefs in the Anthropocene

ES Darling, TR McClanahan, J Maina… - Nature ecology & …, 2019 - nature.com
Without drastic efforts to reduce carbon emissions and mitigate globalized stressors, tropical
coral reefs are in jeopardy. Strategic conservation and management requires identification …

Avoiding coral reef functional collapse requires local and global action

EV Kennedy, CT Perry, PR Halloran, R Iglesias-Prieto… - Current Biology, 2013 - cell.com
Coral reefs face multiple anthropogenic threats, from pollution and overfishing to the dual
effects of greenhouse gas emissions: rising sea temperature and ocean acidification [1] …

Rebuilding coral reefs: a decadal grand challenge

N Knowlton, E Corcoran, T Felis, J de Goeij, A Grottoli… - 2021 - cris.leibniz-zmt.de
This document is the work of a team assembled by the International Coral Reef Society
(ICRS), whose mission is to promote the acquisition and dissemination of scientific …

Coral reefs as novel ecosystems: embracing new futures

NAJ Graham, JE Cinner, AV Norström… - Current Opinion in …, 2014 - Elsevier
Highlights•Many coral reefs are becoming novel ecosystems with altered compositions and
interactions.•This is principally due to differential responses to a range of drivers, range …