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View article: A user’s guide to coral reef restoration terminologies
A user’s guide to coral reef restoration terminologies Open
Global coral reef restoration efforts continue to diversify in approach, location, and socio-ecological context. In parallel, vocabulary has evolved such that practitioners, scientists, policy makers, communicators, and investors must navi…
View article: The Fourth Global Coral Bleaching Event: Where do we go from here?
The Fourth Global Coral Bleaching Event: Where do we go from here? Open
The Fourth Global Coral Bleaching Event was officially confirmed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and International Coral Reef Initiative (ICRI) on April 15, 2024, with press releases and a coordinated call
View article: Restoration as a meaningful aid to ecological recovery of coral reefs
Restoration as a meaningful aid to ecological recovery of coral reefs Open
Restoration supports the recovery of ecological attributes such as cover, complexity, and diversity to slow the areal decline of natural ecosystems. Restoration activity is intensifying worldwide to combat persistent stressors that are dri…
View article: Integrating Paleo, Historical, Archeological, and Traditional Ecological Knowledge Data into Caribbean Coral Reef Management
Integrating Paleo, Historical, Archeological, and Traditional Ecological Knowledge Data into Caribbean Coral Reef Management Open
Studies using paleoecological and historical data can inform coral reef management by providing accurate ecological baselines and by pinpointing the timing, magnitude, and drivers of ecosystem declines. However, these studies have rarely b…
View article: Long-Term Change in Caribbean Reef Water Quality and Ecosystem Health
Long-Term Change in Caribbean Reef Water Quality and Ecosystem Health Open
Caribbean coral reef ecosystems have declined dramatically since systematic monitoring began in the 1970s. Over the past 50 years, they have lost between 50-80% of reef-building corals, their principal ecosystem architects. These declines …
View article: A roadmap to integrating resilience into the practice of coral reef restoration
A roadmap to integrating resilience into the practice of coral reef restoration Open
Recent warm temperatures driven by climate change have caused mass coral bleaching and mortality across the world, prompting managers, policymakers, and conservation practitioners to embrace restoration as a strategy to sustain coral reefs…
View article: Six priorities to advance the science and practice of coral reef restoration worldwide
Six priorities to advance the science and practice of coral reef restoration worldwide Open
Coral reef restoration is a rapidly growing movement galvanized by the accelerating degradation of the world's tropical coral reefs. The need for concerted and collaborative action focused on the recovery of coral reef ecosystems coalesced…
View article: Assisted gene flow using cryopreserved sperm in critically endangered coral
Assisted gene flow using cryopreserved sperm in critically endangered coral Open
Significance Global change threatens the genetic diversity of economically important and foundational ecosystem-building species such as corals. We tested whether cryopreserved coral sperm could be used to transfer genetic diversity among …
View article: Perspectives on the Use of Coral Reef Restoration as a Strategy to Support and Improve Reef Ecosystem Services
Perspectives on the Use of Coral Reef Restoration as a Strategy to Support and Improve Reef Ecosystem Services Open
In 2019, the United Nations Environment Assembly requested that the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the International Coral Reef Initiative (ICRI) define best practices for coral restoration. Guidelines led by the UNEP were…
Coral restoration – A systematic review of current methods, successes, failures and future directions Open
View article: SUCCESSFUL DEMONSTRATION OF ASSISTED GENE FLOW IN THE THREATENED CORAL ACROPORA PALMATA ACROSS GENETICALLY-ISOLATED CARIBBEAN POPULATIONS USING CRYOPRESERVED SPERM
SUCCESSFUL DEMONSTRATION OF ASSISTED GENE FLOW IN THE THREATENED CORAL ACROPORA PALMATA ACROSS GENETICALLY-ISOLATED CARIBBEAN POPULATIONS USING CRYOPRESERVED SPERM Open
Global change will compromise the population sizes, species ranges, and survival of economically-important plants and animals, including crops, aquaculture species, and foundational ecosystem builders. Scleractinian reef-building corals ar…
View article: Coral restoration in a changing world - a global synthesis of methods and techniques
Coral restoration in a changing world - a global synthesis of methods and techniques Open
Coral reef ecosystems have suffered an unprecedented loss of habitat-forming hard corals in recent decades, due to increased nutrient outputs from agriculture, elevated levels of suspended sediment caused by deforestation and development, …