Coastal evolution on volcanic oceanic islands: A complex interplay between volcanism, erosion, sedimentation, sea-level change and biogenic production

RS Ramalho, R Quartau, AS Trenhaile, NC Mitchell… - Earth-Science …, 2013 - Elsevier
The growth and decay of oceanic hotspot volcanoes are intrinsically related to a competition
between volcanic construction and erosive destruction, and coastlines are at the forefront of …

Small islands

LA Nurse, RF McLean, J Agard, LP Briguglio… - Climate change 2014 …, 2014 - hal.science
Current and future climate-related drivers of risk for small islands during the 21st century
include sea level rise (SLR), tropical and extratropical cyclones, increasing air and sea …

Sea-level history of the past two interglacial periods: new evidence from U-series dating of reef corals from south Florida

DR Muhs, KR Simmons, RR Schumann… - Quaternary Science …, 2011 - Elsevier
As a future warm-climate analog, much attention has been directed to studies of the Last
Interglacial period or marine isotope substage (MIS) 5.5, which occurred∼ 120,000 years …

[KNJIGA][B] Quaternary sea-level changes: a global perspective

CV Murray-Wallace, CD Woodroffe - 2014 - books.google.com
There have been significant changes in sea level over the past two million years, and a
complete understanding of natural cycles of change as well as anthropogenic effects is …

Carbonate budgets and reef production states: a geomorphic perspective on the ecological phase-shift concept

CT Perry, T Spencer, PS Kench - Coral Reefs, 2008 - Springer
Recent, region-scale estimates suggest that high levels of coral cover loss have occurred in
both the Caribbean and Indo-Pacific reef provinces (Gardner et al. 2003; Bruno and Selig …

A comprehensive investigation of mesophotic coral ecosystems in the Hawaiian Archipelago

RL Pyle, R Boland, H Bolick, BW Bowen, CJ Bradley… - PeerJ, 2016 - peerj.com
Although the existence of coral-reef habitats at depths to 165 m in tropical regions has been
known for decades, the richness, diversity, and ecological importance of mesophotic coral …

Doubling of coastal erosion under rising sea level by mid-century in Hawaii

TR Anderson, CH Fletcher, MM Barbee, LN Frazer… - Natural Hazards, 2015 - Springer
Chronic erosion in Hawaii causes beach loss, damages homes and infrastructure, and
endangers critical habitat. These problems will likely worsen with increased sea level rise …

[PDF][PDF] National assessment of shoreline change: Historical shoreline change in the Hawaiian Islands

CH Fletcher, BM Romine, AS Genz, MM Barbee… - 2012 - tamug-ir.tdl.org
Beach erosion is a chronic problem along most open-ocean shores of the United States. As
coastal populations expand and community infrastructure comes under increasing threat …

Global analysis of benthic complexity in shallow coral reefs

J Li, GP Asner - Environmental Research Letters, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Three-dimensional shallow benthic complexity (also known as benthic rugosity) reflects the
physical conditions of shallow coral reefs environments and can be used to estimate fish …

[HTML][HTML] Coral micro-fragmentation assays for optimizing active reef restoration efforts

ISS Knapp, ZH Forsman, A Greene, EC Johnston… - PeerJ, 2022 - peerj.com
The global decline of coral reefs has driven considerable interest in active coral restoration.
Despite their importance and dominance on mature reefs, relatively few coral restoration …