The future of resilience-based management in coral reef ecosystems« Resilience underpins the sustainability of both ecological and social systems. Extensive loss of reef corals following recent mass bleaching events have challenged the notion that support of system resilience is a viable reef management strategy. While resilience-based …
Commentary: Reconstructing Four Centuries of Temperature-Induced Coral Bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef« Coral reefs are spectacular ecosystems found along tropical coastlines where they provide goods and services to hundreds of millions of people. While under threat from local factors, coral reefs are increasingly susceptible to ocean …
Assessment of green cay headcut stabilization project and recommended repairs« The purpose of this memorandum is to document current conditions at the Green Cay Headcut Stabilization Site and provide recommendations for repair activities. Construction of the stabilization project was completed at the end of 2016. Plant establishment was …
Green Cay Headcut Stabilization Project Repair« The purpose of this memorandum is to summarizes elements of the repair plan for the Green Cay Headcut stabilization project. The repair plan is intended to address the immediate and short-term recommended actions (in bold) that were presented in the December 13, 2018 Field Assessment Memo …
Acclimatization of massive reef-building corals to consecutive heatwaves« Reef-building corals typically live close to the upper limits of their thermal tolerance and even small increases in summer water temperatures can lead to bleaching and mortality. Projections of coral reef futures based on forecasts of ocean temperatures indicate …
Hurricane Impact Assessment on Implemented BMP Projects in Guanica and Culebra Watersheds, Puerto Rico« The purpose of this report is to summarize damages observed in November at NOAA- funded restoration sites in Gu nica and Culebra caused by Hurricanes Irma and Maria in September of 2017. Eight project sites were evaluated in Culebra …
Ecological memory modifies the cumulative impact of recurrent climate extremes« Climate change is radically altering the frequency, intensity and spatial scale of severe weather events, such as heatwaves, droughts, floods and fires. As the time interval shrinks between recurrent shocks, the responses of ecosystems to each new disturbance …
High-resolution characterization of the abiotic environment anddisturbance regimes on the Great Barrier Reef, 1985-2017« This data compilation synthesizes 36 static environmental and spatial variables, and temporally explicit modeled estimates of three major disturbances to coral cover on the Great Barrier Reef (GBR): (1) coral bleaching …
Disease epidemic and a marine heat wave are associated with the continental-scale collapse of a pivotal predator (Pycnopodia helianthoides)
Australia’s Great Barrier Reef – Chapter 15« Australia’s Great Barrier Reef (the GBR) is an iconic natural ecosystem, globally renowned for its majesty and grandeur. The GBR encompasses a vast array of unique and important marine and terrestrial habitats, from deepwater reefs to archetypal barrier reefs, as well as vast seagrass and algal …