The ocean is a key component of the Earth system (Chapter 1) as it provides essential life
supporting services (Inniss et al. 2017). For example, it stores heat trapped in the …

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 …

Coral reef ecosystems are under increasing pressure by multiple stressors that degrade reef
condition and function. Although improved management systems have yielded benefits in …

The accelerating marks of climate change on coral-reef ecosystems, combined with the
recognition that traditional management measures are not efficient enough to cope with …

Coral reefs are deteriorating worldwide prompting reef managers and stakeholders to
increasingly explore new management tools. Following back-to-back bleaching in …

The aim of ecological restoration is to establish self-sustaining and resilient systems. In coral
reef restoration, transplantation of nursery-grown corals is seen as a potential method to …

As coral reefs continue to decline globally, coral restoration practitioners have explored
various approaches to return coral cover and diversity to decimated reefs. While branching …

Monitoring of reef restoration efforts and artificial reefs (ARs) has typically been limited to
coral fragment survival, hampering evaluation of broader objectives such as ecosystem …

Active coral reef restoration is increasingly applied for local reef management, but remains
hampered by biological interactions such as coral predation (corallivory). To determine …

Predation may often influence native species dynamics and so may be important for the
control of introduced species as well. Here, we examine how predation can regulate fouling …