Ecosystem restoration has been practiced for over a century and is increasingly supported
by the emergent applied science of restoration ecology. A prerequisite for successful …

The series of technological advances that occurred over the past two decades allowed
photogrammetry-based approaches to achieve their actual potential, giving birth to one of …

Coral reefs are among the most diverse ecosystems on our planet, and essential to the
livelihood of hundreds of millions of people who depend on them for food security, income …

Detecting the impacts of natural and anthropogenic disturbances that cause declines in
organisms or changes in community composition has long been a focus of ecology …

Close-range underwater photogrammetry, hereafter referred to as photogrammetry, is
rapidly emerging as a new standard in measuring and monitoring coral reefs due to its …

The structural architecture of coral reefs is a known predictor of species richness, fish
biomass and reef resilience. At a smaller scale, three-dimensional (3D) surface area of …

Coastal benthic communities in temperate regions have been influenced by climate change,
including increasing sea-surface temperature. Nevertheless, scleractinian coral Alveopora …

Maintaining key functions of coral reefs is vital for the persistence of these ecosystems as
well as for securing the goods and services that they provide in the Anthropocene …

The complexity of tropical reef habitats affects the occurrence and diversity of the organisms
residing in these ecosystems. Quantifying this complexity is important to better understand …

Monitoring coastal seabed in very shallow waters (0–5 m) is a challenging methodological
issue, even though such data is of major importance to many scientific and technical …