Restoration cannot be scaled up globally to save reefs from loss and degradation
Nature Ecology & Evolution,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
unknown
Опубликована: Апрель 8, 2025
Язык: Английский
Quantifying coral reef carbonate budgets: a comparison between ReefBudget and CoralNet
Coral Reefs,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
unknown
Опубликована: Март 17, 2025
Язык: Английский
Estimating coral reef carbonate budgets using Structure-from-Motion photogrammetry
Coral Reefs,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
unknown
Опубликована: Апрель 18, 2025
Язык: Английский
Assessing how metal reef restoration structures shape the functional and taxonomic profile of coral-associated bacterial communities
Frontiers in Marine Science,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
11
Опубликована: Апрель 26, 2024
Significant
threats
to
the
long-term
persistence
of
coral
reefs
have
accelerated
adoption
propagation
and
out-planting
approaches.
However,
how
materials
commonly
used
for
structures
could
potentially
affect
coral-associated
bacterial
communities
remains
untested.
Here,
we
examined
impact
metal
on
communities.
Fragments
species
Acropora
millepora
were
grown
aluminium,
sand/epoxy-coated
steel
(Reef
Stars),
uncoated
(rebar)
structures.
After
6
months,
functional
taxonomic
profiles
propagated
corals
reef
colonies
characterised
using
amplicon
(16S
rRNA
gene)
shotgun
metagenomic
sequencing.
No
differences
in
phylogenetic
structure
or
profile
observed
between
colonies.
specific
genes
pathways
(e.g.,
lipid,
nucleotide,
carbohydrate
metabolism)
overrepresented
different
materials,
taxa
indicative
materials.
These
findings
indicate
that
may
lead
individual
potential
communities,
but
these
contribute
changed
holobiont
fitness
presents
a
key
question
be
addressed.
Язык: Английский
Bio-degradable ‘reef bags’ used for rubble stabilisation and their impact on rubble stability, binding, coral recruitment and fish occupancy
Ecological Engineering,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
210, С. 107433 - 107433
Опубликована: Ноя. 9, 2024
Язык: Английский
Cost‐efficiency and effectiveness of coral restoration pathways
Restoration Ecology,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
unknown
Опубликована: Ноя. 14, 2024
Coral
reefs
play
a
crucial
role
in
supporting
over
half
billion
human
livelihoods
through
their
contributions
to
fisheries,
tourism,
and
coastal
protection.
In
light
of
substantial
global
declines
coral
cover
the
deterioration
reef
habitats
due
climate
change
other
human‐driven
influences,
urgency
restoration
has
escalated
help
preserve
vital
ecosystem
services.
Comprehending
economic
costs
associated
with
existing
potential
future
approaches
become
time‐sensitive.
The
median
cost
is
estimated
be
400,000
USD/ha
(at
base
year
2010).
This
estimate
comes
limitations
its
reliance
on
reported
project
various
techniques.
Here
we
look
standardize
expenses
uniform
costing
efforts
based
time
invested
specific
per‐unit
for
methods.
We
complement
literature‐extracted
values
independent
estimates
real‐world
operations.
Using
this
approach,
decipher
comparative
different
nursery
outplanting
identify
incorporated
dependencies.
To
gain
insights
into
impact
labor
expenditures,
examine
variations
two
regions.
Overall,
our
data‐based
approach
identifies
within
most
commonly
practiced
pathways,
opportunities
reduce
operational
costs,
points
toward
priorities
research
development.
Язык: Английский
Early-stage outcomes and cost-effectiveness of implementing tourism-led coral propagation and outplanting in the Whitsundays (Great Barrier Reef)
Frontiers in Marine Science,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
11
Опубликована: Окт. 4, 2024
Implementation
of
coral
restoration
practices
within
reef
management
strategies
is
accelerating
globally
to
support
resilience
and
recovery.
However,
full
costs
underpinning
project
feasibility
have
historically
been
underreported
yet
are
critical
informing
cost-benefit
decision-making.
Such
knowledge
especially
lacking
for
Australia’s
Great
Barrier
Reef
(GBR),
where
a
program
led
by
tourism
operators,
Coral
Nurture
Program
(CNP),
was
initiated
in
2018
(northern
GBR)
continues
scale.
Here
we
describe
the
early
outcomes
implementing
similar
tourism-led
asexual
propagation
outplanting
new
region,
Whitsundays
(central
through
CNP.
Specifically,
detail
local
operational
environmental
context
CNP
Whitsundays,
implementation
continuation
activities,
as
well
evaluate
survivorship
outplants
across
three
sites
nine
months
after
establishment
(August
2022
June
2023).
Baseline
benthic
surveys
revealed
relatively
low
hard
cover
at
(ranging
from
3.22-8.67%),
which
significantly
differed
composition
collection
16.67-38.06%),
supporting
strong
motivation
operators
undertake
activities.
Mean
fate-tracked
plots
between
267
days
23.33-47.58%),
with
declines
largely
driven
detachment.
Early-stage
cost-effectiveness
(costs
relative
outplant
survival)
associated
activity
varied
widely
US$33.04-178.55
per
surviving
(n
=
4,425
outplants)
depending
on
whether
‘in-kind’
costs,
(outplanting
only
vs.
total
encompassing
planning
monitoring),
site-based
survivorship,
or
combination
these
factors,
were
considered.
As
projects
continue
be
established
globally,
our
results
highlight
need
ongoing,
long-term
monitoring
that
can
inform
adaptive
practice,
fully
transparent
cost-reporting
understand
improve
any
given
project.
We
further
inherent
context-dependency
importance
considering
social-environmental
contexts
their
cost-benefits
economic
rationale
projects.
Язык: Английский
Enhancing reef carbonate budgets through coral restoration
Scientific Reports,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
14(1)
Опубликована: Ноя. 11, 2024
Complex
reef
structure,
built
via
calcium
carbonate
production
by
stony
corals
and
other
calcifying
taxa,
supports
key
ecosystem
services.
However,
the
decline
in
coral
cover
on
reefs
of
Florida
Reef
Tract
(US),
caused
ocean
warming,
disease,
stressors,
has
led
to
erosion
exceeding
accretion,
causing
net
loss
framework.
Active
restoration,
aimed
at
rapidly
increasing
cover,
is
essential
for
recovering
structure
function.
Traditionally,
restoration
success
focused
survivorship
growth
transplanted
corals.
This
first
empirical
study
examine
role
high-density
outplants
endangered
staghorn
coral,
Acropora
cervicornis,
restoring
positive
accretion
reefs.
Successful
transplantation
contributed
production.
Restored
plots
yielded
a
mean
rate
3.06
kg
CaCO
Язык: Английский