Coral restoration for coastal resilience: Integrating ecology, hydrodynamics, and engineering at multiple scales

The loss of functional and accreting coral reefs reduces coastal protection and resilience for tropical coastlines. Coral restoration has potential for recovering healthy reefs that can mitigate risks from coastal hazards and increase sustainability. However, scaling up restoration to the large exte...

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Published in:Ecosphere (Washington, D.C) Vol. 14; no. 5
Main Authors: Viehman, T. Shay, Reguero, Borja G., Lenihan, Hunter S., Rosman, Johanna H., Storlazzi, Curt D., Goergen, Elizabeth A., Canals Silander, Miguel F., Groves, Sarah H., Holstein, Daniel M., Bruckner, Andrew W., Carrick, Jane V., Haus, Brian K., Royster, Julia B., Duvall, Melissa S., Torres, Walter I., Hench, James L.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Hoboken, USA John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.05.2023
Wiley
Subjects:
Climate change
Coastal engineering
Coastal hazards
coastal protection
Coastal zone management
coral reef
Coral reefs
corals
Engineering
Environmental protection
Floods
Fluid mechanics
Hydrodynamics
Infrastructure
Interdisciplinary aspects
restoration
Risk reduction
Shoreline protection
Storm damage
Sustainability
Wave power
United States > US
ISSN:2150-8925, 2150-8925
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Summary:The loss of functional and accreting coral reefs reduces coastal protection and resilience for tropical coastlines. Coral restoration has potential for recovering healthy reefs that can mitigate risks from coastal hazards and increase sustainability. However, scaling up restoration to the large extent needed for coastal protection requires integrated application of principles from coastal engineering, hydrodynamics, and ecology across multiple spatial scales, as well as filling missing knowledge gaps across disciplines. This synthesis aims to identify how scientific understanding of multidisciplinary processes at interconnected scales can advance coral reef restoration. The work is placed within the context of a decision support framework to evaluate the design and effectiveness of coral restoration for coastal resilience. Successfully linking multidisciplinary science with restoration practice will ensure that future large‐scale coral reef restorations maximize protection for at‐risk coastal communities.
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ISSN:2150-8925
2150-8925
DOI:10.1002/ecs2.4517