International agreements mandate the expansion of Earth's protected-area network as a
bulwark against the continued extinction of wild populations, species, and ecosystems. Yet …

Ocean warming has severe impacts on coral reef ecosystems with frequent incidences of
coral bleaching. In addition, eutrophication poses an increasing threat to coral reef …

Coastal marine ecosystems provide critical goods and services to humanity but many are
experiencing rapid degradation. The need for effective restoration tools capable of …

Coral reefs provide food and livelihoods for hundreds of millions of people as well as
harbour some of the highest regions of biodiversity in the ocean. However, overexploitation …

To understand the restoration potential of degraded habitats, it is important to know the key
processes and habitat features that allow for recovery after disturbance. As part of the EU …

Corals create complex reef structures that provide both habitat and food for many fish
species. Because of numerous natural and anthropogenic threats, many coral reefs are …

Zoanthus and Palythoa are benthic colonial zooxanthellate cnidarians common in shallow
hard substrate marine ecosystems in subtropical and tropical regions, where they are an …

Following a series of mass-bleaching events that have seriously degraded coral reefs,
notably the Great Barrier Reef of Australia, a common narrative is now dominating the …

Analyzing the environmental factors affecting benthic communities in coastal areas is crucial
for uncovering key factors that require conservation action. Here, we collected benthic and …

As habitat mapping is crucially important for developing effective management and
restoration plans, the aim of this work was to produce a census of available map resources …