Using artificial-reef knowledge to enhance the ecological function of offshore wind turbine foundations: Implications for fish abundance and diversity

M Glarou, M Zrust, JC Svendsen - Journal of Marine Science and …, 2020 - mdpi.com
As the development of large-scale offshore wind farms (OWFs) amplifies due to
technological progress and a growing demand for renewable energy, associated footprints …

Responses of coastal ecosystems to climate change: Insights from long-term ecological research

DC Reed, RJ Schmitt, AB Burd, DE Burkepile… - …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
abstract Coastal ecosystems play a disproportionately large role in society, and climate
change is altering their ecological structure and function, as well as their highly valued …

Social–environmental drivers inform strategic management of coral reefs in the Anthropocene

ES Darling, TR McClanahan, J Maina… - Nature ecology & …, 2019 - nature.com
Without drastic efforts to reduce carbon emissions and mitigate globalized stressors, tropical
coral reefs are in jeopardy. Strategic conservation and management requires identification …

Landscape‐scale patterns of nutrient enrichment in a coral reef ecosystem: implications for coral to algae phase shifts

TC Adam, DE Burkepile, SJ Holbrook… - Ecological …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Nutrient pollution is altering coastal ecosystems worldwide. On coral reefs, excess nutrients
can favor the production of algae at the expense of reef‐building corals, yet the role of …

Size‐dependent mortality of corals during marine heatwave erodes recovery capacity of a coral reef

KE Speare, TC Adam, EM Winslow… - Global Change …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
For many long‐lived taxa, such as trees and corals, older, and larger individuals often have
the lowest mortality and highest fecundity. However, climate change‐driven disturbances …

Natural recovery of corals after severe disturbance

J Morais, SB Tebbett, RA Morais… - Ecology Letters, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Ecosystem recovery from human‐induced disturbances, whether through natural processes
or restoration, is occurring worldwide. Yet, recovery dynamics, and their implications for …

Urgent need for coral demography in a world where corals are disappearing

PJ Edmunds, B Riegl - Marine Ecology Progress Series, 2020 - int-res.com
Coral reefs have long attracted attention because of their biological and economic
importance, but this interest now has turned to examining the possibility of functional …

Coral restoration for coastal resilience: Integrating ecology, hydrodynamics, and engineering at multiple scales

TS Viehman, BG Reguero, HS Lenihan… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The loss of functional and accreting coral reefs reduces coastal protection and resilience for
tropical coastlines. Coral restoration has potential for recovering healthy reefs that can …

Recovery disparity between coral cover and the physical functionality of reefs with impaired coral assemblages

FJ González‐Barrios, RA Cabral‐Tena… - Global Change …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The ecology and structure of many tropical coral reefs have been markedly altered over the
past few decades. Although long‐term recovery has been observed in terms of coral cover, it …

Coral recruitment: patterns and processes determining the dynamics of coral populations

PJ Edmunds - Biological Reviews, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Coral recruitment describes the addition of new individuals to populations, and it is one of
the most fundamental demographic processes contributing to population size. As many coral …