Coral restoration – A systematic review of current methods, successes, failures and future directions

Climate Change, Coral Loss, and the Curious Case of the Parrotfish Paradigm: Why Don't Marine Protected Areas Improve Reef Resilience?

(2019) John F. Bruno et al.   Annual Review of Marine Science

Drivers of recovery and reassembly of coral reef communities

(2019) Marine Gouezo et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Global warming impairs stock–recruitment dynamics of corals

(2019) Terry P. Hughes et al.   NATURE

Harnessing ecological processes to facilitate coral restoration

(2018) Mark C Ladd et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Impacts of fragment genotype, habitat, and size on outplanted elkhorn coral success under thermal stress

(2018) RE Pausch et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Australian shellfish ecosystems: Past distribution, current status and future direction

(2018) Chris L. Gillies et al.   PLoS One

Plastic waste associated with disease on coral reefs

(2018) Joleah B. Lamb et al.   SCIENCE

Spatial and temporal patterns of mass bleaching of corals in the Anthropocene

(2018) Terry P. Hughes et al.   SCIENCE

Impacts of fragment genotype, habitat, and size on outplanted elkhorn coral success under thermal stress

(2018) RE Pausch et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Assisted fertilization of threatened Staghorn Coral to complement the restoration of nurseries in Southeastern Dominican Republic

(2018) Johanna Calle-Triviño et al.   Regional Studies in Marine Science

Local management actions can increase coral resilience to thermally-induced bleaching

(2018) Elizabeth C. Shaver et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Long-term change in bioconstruction potential of Maldivian coral reefs following extreme climate anomalies

(2018) Monica Montefalcone et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Global warming transforms coral reef assemblages

(2018) Terry P. Hughes et al.   NATURE

Large-scale coral reef rehabilitation after blast fishing in Indonesia

(2018) Susan L. Williams et al.   RESTORATION ECOLOGY

Coral restoration: Socio-ecological perspectives of benefits and limitations

(2018) Margaux Y. Hein et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Optimizing return-on-effort for coral nursery and outplanting practices to aid restoration of the Great Barrier Reef

(2018) David J. Suggett et al.   RESTORATION ECOLOGY

Shifting paradigms in restoration of the world's coral reefs

(2017) Madeleine J. H. van Oppen et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

The threat to coral reefs from more intense cyclones under climate change

(2017) Alistair J. Cheal et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Citizen science benefits coral reef restoration activities

(2017) D. Hesley et al.   JOURNAL FOR NATURE CONSERVATION

Chemoreception drives plastic consumption in a hard coral

(2017) Austin S. Allen et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Global warming and recurrent mass bleaching of corals

(2017) Terry P. Hughes et al.   NATURE

Low recruitment due to altered settlement substrata as primary constraint for coral communities under ocean acidification

(2017) Katharina E. Fabricius et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

The need for broader ecological and socioeconomic tools to evaluate the effectiveness of coral restoration programs

(2017) Margaux Y. Hein et al.   RESTORATION ECOLOGY

New Seeding Approach Reduces Costs and Time to Outplant Sexually Propagated Corals for Reef Restoration

(2017) Valérie F. Chamberland et al.   Scientific Reports

Connectivity and systemic resilience of the Great Barrier Reef

(2017) Karlo Hock et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Effectiveness of coral relocation as a mitigation strategy in Kāne‘ohe Bay, Hawai‘i

(2017) Ku’ulei S. Rodgers et al.   PeerJ

Time to cash in on positive interactions for coral restoration

(2017) Elizabeth C. Shaver et al.   PeerJ

New interventions are needed to save coral reefs

(2017) Ken Anthony et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Ecological limitations to the resilience of coral reefs

(2016) Camilo Mora et al.   CORAL REEFS

Coral translocation and farming as mitigation and conservation measures for coastal development in the Red Sea: Aqaba case study, Jordan

(2016) Mohammed M. A. Kotb   Environmental Earth Sciences

National standards for the practice of ecological restoration in Australia

(2016) Tein McDonald et al.   RESTORATION ECOLOGY

Ecological solutions to reef degradation: optimizing coral reef restoration in the Caribbean and Western Atlantic

(2016) Diego Lirman et al.   PeerJ

The FAIR Guiding Principles for scientific data management and stewardship

(2016) Mark D. Wilkinson et al.   Scientific Data

Coral reef degradation is not correlated with local human population density

(2016) John F. Bruno et al.   Scientific Reports

Predicting climate-driven regime shifts versus rebound potential in coral reefs

(2015) Nicholas A. J. Graham et al.   NATURE

Performance of single versus mixed coral species for transplantation to restore degraded reefs

(2015) Patrick C. Cabaitan et al.   RESTORATION ECOLOGY

Transplantation of storm-generated coral fragments to enhance Caribbean coral reefs: A successful method but not a solution

(2015) Virginia H. Garrison et al.   REVISTA DE BIOLOGIA TROPICAL

Optimal Conservation Outcomes Require Both Restoration and Protection

(2015) Hugh P. Possingham et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Growing coral larger and faster: micro-colony-fusion as a strategy for accelerating coral cover

(2015) Zac H. Forsman et al.   PeerJ

Scaling-up marine restoration efforts in Australia

(2015) Chris L. Gillies et al.   ECOLOGICAL MANAGEMENT & RESTORATION

Survival, growth, and branch production of unattached fragments of the threatened hermatypic coral Acropora cervicornis

(2014) Alex E. Mercado-Molina et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY

Influence of electrical fields on the performance ofAcroporacoral transplants on two different designs of structures

(2014) Sascha Bernd Carsten Romatzki   Marine Biology Research

A first endeavour in restoring denuded, post-bleached reefs in Tanzania

(2013) Nsajigwa E. Mbije et al.   ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE

Examining the Use of Mass Transplantation of Brooding and Spawning Corals to Support Natural Coral Recruitment in Sulawesi/Indonesia

(2013) Sebastian C. A. Ferse et al.   RESTORATION ECOLOGY

A Review of Reef Restoration and Coral Propagation Using the Threatened Genus Acropora in the Caribbean and Western Atlantic

(2012) CN Young et al.   BULLETIN OF MARINE SCIENCE

What is the optimal density of larval seeding in Acropora corals?

(2012) Go Suzuki et al.   FISHERIES SCIENCE

The role of habitat creation in coral reef conservation: a case study from Aceh, Indonesia

(2012) Nur Fadli et al.   ORYX

The 27-year decline of coral cover on the Great Barrier Reef and its causes

(2012) G. De'ath et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Compliance of Australian threatened species recovery plans with legislative requirements

(2011) Alejandro Ortega-Argueta et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Creating stocks of young colonies from brooding coral larvae, amenable to active reef restoration

(2011) B. Linden et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY

How successful are plant species reintroductions?

(2010) Sandrine Godefroid et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Employing a highly fragmented, weedy coral species in reef restoration

(2010) L. Shaish et al.   ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING

Allies, not aliens: increasing the role of local communities in marine protected area implementation

(2010) SEBASTIAN C.A. FERSE et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

Degradation and restoration of coral reefs: Experience in Okinawa, Japan

(2010) Makoto Omori   Marine Biology Research

Poor Performance of Corals Transplanted onto Substrates of Short Durability

(2010) Sebastian C.A. Ferse   RESTORATION ECOLOGY

Differential physiological responses of two congeneric scleractinian corals to mineral accretion and an electric field

(2009) E. M. Borell et al.   CORAL REEFS

Larval retention and connectivity among populations of corals and reef fishes: history, advances and challenges

(2009) G. P. Jones et al.   CORAL REEFS

Climate change and coral reef bleaching: An ecological assessment of long-term impacts, recovery trends and future outlook

(2008) Andrew C. Baker et al.   ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE