Australia's coastal marine ecosystems have a deep cultural significance to Indigenous
Australians, include multiple World Heritage sites, and support the nation's rapidly growing …

Ecosystem recovery from human‐induced disturbances, whether through natural processes
or restoration, is occurring worldwide. Yet, recovery dynamics, and their implications for …

Restoration is increasingly seen as a necessary tool to reverse ecological decline across
terrestrial and marine ecosystems. 1, 2 Considering the unprecedented loss of coral cover …

Climate change is the most significant threat to natural World Heritage (WH) sites, especially
in the oceans. Warming has devastated marine faunas, including reef corals, kelp, and …

Coral reefs are experiencing decreases in coral cover due to anthropogenic influences.
Coral restoration is addressing this decline by outplanting large volumes of corals onto reef …

Interspecific hybridisation increases genetic diversity and has played a significant role in the
evolution of corals in the genus Acropora. In vitro fertilisation can be used to increase the …

Coral carbonate production is fundamental to reef accretion and, consequently, the
preservation of essential reef ecosystem services, such as wave attenuation and sustained …

Trait-based approaches are revolutionizing our understanding of high-diversity ecosystems
by providing insights into the principles underlying key ecological processes, such as …

Coral reefs provide a multitude of ecosystem functions owing to the high levels of
biodiversity they host. Coral species, as the foundation of shallow-water reefs, differ in their …

Exposure to more frequent ocean warming events is driving the loss of coral reef cover as
the window of recovery between episodes of bleaching reduces. Coral propagation via in …