[HTML][HTML] The fundamental links between climate change and marine plastic pollution

HV Ford, NH Jones, AJ Davies, BJ Godley… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Plastic pollution and climate change have commonly been treated as two separate issues
and sometimes are even seen as competing. Here we present an alternative view that these …

Climate change, coral loss, and the curious case of the parrotfish paradigm: why don't marine protected areas improve reef resilience?

JF Bruno, IM Côté, LT Toth - Annual review of marine science, 2019 - annualreviews.org
Scientists have advocated for local interventions, such as creating marine protected areas
and implementing fishery restrictions, as ways to mitigate local stressors to limit the effects of …

Seabirds enhance coral reef productivity and functioning in the absence of invasive rats

NAJ Graham, SK Wilson, P Carr, AS Hoey, S Jennings… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
Biotic connectivity between ecosystems can provide major transport of organic matter and
nutrients, influencing ecosystem structure and productivity, yet the implications are poorly …

Loss of coral reef growth capacity to track future increases in sea level

CT Perry, L Alvarez-Filip, NAJ Graham, PJ Mumby… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
Sea-level rise (SLR) is predicted to elevate water depths above coral reefs and to increase
coastal wave exposure as ecological degradation limits vertical reef growth, but projections …

Climate resilience in marine protected areas and the 'Protection Paradox'

AE Bates, RSC Cooke, MI Duncan, GJ Edgar… - Biological …, 2019 - Elsevier
Restricting human activities through Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) is assumed to create
more resilient biological communities with a greater capacity to resist and recover following …

[HTML][HTML] Mesophotic coral bleaching associated with changes in thermocline depth

C Diaz, NL Foster, MJ Attrill, A Bolton… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
As global temperatures continue to rise, shallow coral reef bleaching has become more
intense and widespread. Mesophotic coral ecosystems reside in deeper (30–150 m), cooler …

Seabirds boost coral reef resilience

CE Benkwitt, C D'Angelo, RE Dunn, RL Gunn… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Global climate change threatens tropical coral reefs, yet local management can influence
resilience. While increasing anthropogenic nutrients reduce coral resistance and recovery, it …

Biodiversity increases ecosystem functions despite multiple stressors on coral reefs

CE Benkwitt, SK Wilson, NAJ Graham - Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2020 - nature.com
Positive relationships between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning (BEF) highlight the
importance of conserving biodiversity to maintain key ecosystem functions and associated …

A review of a decade of lessons from one of the world's largest MPAs: conservation gains and key challenges

GC Hays, HJ Koldewey, S Andrzejaczek, MJ Attrill… - Marine Biology, 2020 - Springer
Given the recent trend towards establishing very large marine protected areas (MPAs) and
the high potential of these to contribute to global conservation targets, we review outcomes …

Coral reef resilience to thermal stress in the Eastern Tropical Pacific

M Romero‐Torres, A Acosta… - Global Change …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Coral reefs worldwide are threatened by thermal stress caused by climate change.
Especially devastating periods of coral loss frequently occur during El Niño‐Southern …