Western Indian Ocean | Reef Resilience

Kenya – Disturbance Response

by Cherie Wagner | Jun 16, 2014

Coral Bleaching Response and Monitoring in the Kiunga Marine National Reserve

Interview with Dr. Graham Edgar

by reefres | Apr 28, 2014 | News

Dr. Graham Edgar and his 24 co-authors recently stirred up the marine conservation world with their article, “Global conservation outcomes depend on marine protected areas five key features”. In this article, they review 87 MPAs at 964 sites (in 40 countries) around the world using data generated by the authors and trained recreational divers.

Mozambique – Monitoring Reef Resilience

by reefres | Apr 7, 2014

Using Reef Resilience Assessments to Inform Marine Reserve Design

Sri Lanka – Sustainable Livelihoods

by reefres | Apr 7, 2014

Sustainable Livelihoods Enhancement and Diversification to Reduce Pressure on the Bar Reef Ecosystem

Monitoring Coral Reef Marine Protected Areas

by reefres | Apr 2, 2014

A practical guide on how monitoring can support effective management of MPAs. Produced by the Australian Institute of Marine Science and IUCN Global Marine Program, this publication provides seventeen case studies and information on monitoring methods. Author:...

Global Disparity in the Resilience of Coral Reefs

by reefres | Apr 2, 2014

The article reviews whether current knowledge of coral reef resilience, as it has historically been researched specifically in the Caribbean region, is transferrable to Indo-Pacific coral reefs. The authors hypothesize that the Caribbean may be predisposed to low...

Global Trajectories of the Long-Term Decline of Coral Reef Ecosystems

by reefres | Apr 1, 2014

This paper compiles historical records extending back several thousand years to construct a global summary (from 14 regions) of changes in seven major guilds of carnivores, herbivores, and architectural species. The time periods are divided up into cultural periods;...

Heterogeneity in Fishers’ and Managers’ Preferences Towards Management Restrictions and Benefits in Kenya

by reefres | Apr 1, 2014

402 people (including 19 managers) from 22 landing sites were surveyed in Coastal Kenya about their views of management regulations of fishing and perceived personal costs versus benefits from management actions. The more frequent significant factor was the perceived...

Global Gradients of Coral Exposure to Environmental Stresses and Implications for Local Management

by reefres | Apr 1, 2014

In this study, researchers aimed to identify global spatial gradients of thermal and eutrophication stressors, and the key factors that reduce these stressors, to develop a broad-scale metric of environmental exposure for coral reefs. Main considerations of this...

Assessing Gear Modifications Needed to Optimize Yields in a Heavily Exploited, Multi-Species, Seagrass and Coral Reef Fishery

by reefres | Apr 1, 2014

This article addresses the need for increased gear-based management in coral reef and seagrass fisheries, as it has the potential to be adaptive, address multiple objectives, and have many socio-economic applications. Ten years of species-specific fish data from Kenya...

Coral Reef Resilience and Resistance to Bleaching

by reefres | Apr 1, 2014

A comprehensive overview and synthesis of coral bleaching and potential effects of climate change, discussions regarding the meaning of resistance and resilience, and future research opportunities are presented here. This papers reviews initiatives that are working on...

Coral Reef Recovery Dynamics in a Changing World

by reefres | Apr 1, 2014

The authors quantitatively reviewed the literature (55 studies in total) on the recovery rates of coral reef ecosystems from acute disturbance events among 48 different reef locations (from western Indian Ocean, to eastern Pacific and the Caribbean) and assessed which...

Most Corals May Not Change Their Symbionts

by reefres | Apr 1, 2014

This paper tests the hypothesis that corals can adapt to climate change by exchanging algal types. Data from 43 studies including 442 coral species (stony coral and octocoral) documents that only a minority of coral species are able to change symbionts. The majority...

Long-term Effects of the 1998 Coral Bleaching Event on Reef Fish Assemblages

by reefres | Apr 1, 2014

This paper examined the effects of the 1998 coral bleaching event on fish assemblages by measuring fish abundance, taxonomic richness, and functional group abundances (i.e. obligate corallivores, facultative corallivores, coral dwellers, benthic invertebrate feeders,...

Evaluating Social and Ecological Vulnerability of Coral Reef Fisheries to Climate Change

by reefres | Apr 1, 2014

The social-ecological vulnerability of coral reef dependent communities to climate change impacts were examined based on different marine governance systems (government run no-take marine reserves, community-based reserves, and areas of open fishing) along the Kenyan...

Vulnerability of Coastal Communities to Key Impacts of Climate Change on Coral Reef Fisheries

by reefres | Apr 1, 2014

This study addresses the lack of current scientific work focusing on the social vulnerability of fisheries-dependent communities in the context of climate change-related impacts to coral reefs. Researchers examine exposure, sensitivity, and adaptive capacity, as...

Ocean Acidification and Warming will Lower Coral Reef Resilience

by reefres | Mar 26, 2014

In this study, the authors quantitatively analyzed how different combinations of CO2 and fishing pressure on herbivores will affect the ecological resilience of a benthic reef community consisting of three common groups: branching corals, fleshy macroalgae and turfs...

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