Abstract The Great Barrier Reef (GBR) is an iconic coral reef system extending over 2000 km
along the north‐east coast of Australia. Global recognition of its Outstanding Universal Value …

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 …

Rivers are a key component of the global carbon cycle. They receive vast quantities of
terrestrial carbon, of which a large fraction is ultimately exported to the coastal ocean. Our …

Studies documenting the effects of land-derived suspended particulate matter (SPM, ie,
particulate organic matter and mineral sediment) on marine ecosystems are typically …

Corals of the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) have declined over the past 30 years. While reef
state depends on the balance between disturbance and recovery, most studies have …

8.1 Background Resilience, in the broadest sense, is the capacity of a system to absorb
disturbance and reorganise so as to retain essentially the same structure, function, identity …

Macroalgal‐dominated habitats are rapidly gaining recognition as important contributors to
marine carbon cycles and sequestration. Despite this recognition, relatively little is known …

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 …

The current set of global conservation targets requires methods for monitoring the changing
status of ecosystems. Protocols for ecosystem risk assessment are uniquely suited to this …

Local adaptation can increase fitness under stable environmental conditions. However, in
rapidly changing environments, compensatory mechanisms enabled through plasticity may …