Land use impacts on coral reef health: A ridge-to-reef perspective

RR Carlson, SA Foo, GP Asner - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Over 60% of the world's reefs experience damage from local activities such as overfishing,
coastal development, and watershed pollution. Land-based sources of pollution are a critical …

Contribution of remote sensing technologies to a holistic coastal and marine environmental management framework: a review

BE Mahrad, A Newton, JD Icely, I Kacimi, S Abalansa… - Remote Sensing, 2020 - mdpi.com
Coastal and marine management require the evaluation of multiple environmental threats
and issues. However, there are gaps in the necessary data and poor access or …

Capacity shortfalls hinder the performance of marine protected areas globally

DA Gill, MB Mascia, GN Ahmadia, L Glew, SE Lester… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
Marine protected areas (MPAs) are increasingly being used globally to conserve marine
resources. However, whether many MPAs are being effectively and equitably managed, and …

A functional vulnerability framework for biodiversity conservation

A Auber, C Waldock, A Maire, E Goberville… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract Setting appropriate conservation strategies in a multi-threat world is a challenging
goal, especially because of natural complexity and budget limitations that prevent effective …

A research review of interventions to increase the persistence and resilience of coral reefs

National Academies of Sciences, Division on Earth… - 2019 - books.google.com
Coral reef declines have been recorded for all major tropical ocean basins since the 1980s,
averaging approximately 30-50% reductions in reef cover globally. These losses are a result …

Fine sediment and particulate organic matter: A review and case study on ridge-to-reef transport, transformations, fates, and impacts on marine ecosystems

Z Bainbridge, S Lewis, R Bartley, K Fabricius… - Marine Pollution …, 2018 - Elsevier
Studies documenting the effects of land-derived suspended particulate matter (SPM, ie,
particulate organic matter and mineral sediment) on marine ecosystems are typically …

Spatial resilience of the Great Barrier Reef under cumulative disturbance impacts

C Mellin, S Matthews, KRN Anthony… - Global change …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
In the face of increasing cumulative effects from human and natural disturbances, sustaining
coral reefs will require a deeper understanding of the drivers of coral resilience in space and …

Vulnerability of the Great Barrier Reef to climate change and local pressures

NH Wolff, PJ Mumby, M Devlin… - Global change …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Australia's Great Barrier Reef (GBR) is under pressure from a suite of stressors
including cyclones, crown‐of‐thorns starfish (COTS), nutrients from river run‐off and …

[HTML][HTML] Synergistic benefits of conserving land-sea ecosystems

RR Carlson, LJ Evans, SA Foo, BW Grady, J Li… - Global Ecology and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Mangroves, seagrasses, and coral reefs interact in tropical regions throughout the world.
These ecosystems exhibit strong synergies, as the health of each ecosystem supports the …

Large-scale interventions may delay decline of the Great Barrier Reef

SA Condie, KRN Anthony… - Royal Society …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
On the iconic Great Barrier Reef (GBR), the cumulative impacts of tropical cyclones, marine
heatwaves and regular outbreaks of coral-eating crown-of-thorns starfish (CoTS) have …