Social–environmental drivers inform strategic management of coral reefs in the Anthropocene
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Darling, Emily S.
McClanahan, Tim R.

Maina, Joseph

Gurney, Georgina G.
Graham, Nicholas A. J.

Januchowski-Hartley, Fraser

Cinner, Joshua E.

Mora, Camilo

Hicks, Christina C.
Maire, Eva

Puotinen, Marji
Skirving, William J.
Adjeroud, Mehdi
Ahmadia, Gabby
Arthur, Rohan
Bauman, Andrew G.

Beger, Maria
Berumen, Michael L.

Bigot, Lionel
Bouwmeester, Jessica

Brenier, Ambroise
Bridge, Tom C. L.
Brown, Eric
Campbell, Stuart J.
Cannon, Sara

Cauvin, Bruce
Chen, Chaolun Allen
Claudet, Joachim

Denis, Vianney

Donner, Simon
Estradivari

Fadli, Nur

Feary, David A.
Fenner, Douglas
Fox, Helen
Franklin, Erik C.
Friedlander, Alan
Gilmour, James
Goiran, Claire

Guest, James
Hobbs, Jean-Paul A.
Hoey, Andrew S.

Houk, Peter
Johnson, Steven

Jupiter, Stacy D.
Kayal, Mohsen

Kuo, Chao-yang
Lamb, Joleah

Lee, Michelle A. C.

Low, Jeffrey
Muthiga, Nyawira

Muttaqin, Efin
Nand, Yashika
Nash, Kirsty L.

Nedlic, Osamu
Pandolfi, John M.

Pardede, Shinta
Patankar, Vardhan
Penin, Lucie
Ribas-Deulofeu, Lauriane

Richards, Zoe

Roberts, T. Edward

Rodgers, Ku’ulei S.
Safuan, Che Din Mohd
Sala, Enric
Shedrawi, George
Sin, Tsai Min
Smallhorn-West, Patrick
Smith, Jennifer E.
Sommer, Brigitte
Steinberg, Peter D.
Sutthacheep, Makamas
Tan, Chun Hong James
Williams, Gareth J.

Wilson, Shaun
Yeemin, Thamasak
Bruno, John F.

Fortin, Marie-Josée
Krkosek, Martin
Mouillot, David
KAUST Department
Marine Science ProgramRed Sea Research Center (RSRC)
Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering (BESE) Division
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2019-08-12Embargo End Date
2020-02-12Permanent link to this record
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Without drastic efforts to reduce carbon emissions and mitigate globalized stressors, tropical coral reefs are in jeopardy. Strategic conservation and management requires identification of the environmental and socioeconomic factors driving the persistence of scleractinian coral assemblages—the foundation species of coral reef ecosystems. Here, we compiled coral abundance data from 2,584 Indo-Pacific reefs to evaluate the influence of 21 climate, social and environmental drivers on the ecology of reef coral assemblages. Higher abundances of framework-building corals were typically associated with: weaker thermal disturbances and longer intervals for potential recovery; slower human population growth; reduced access by human settlements and markets; and less nearby agriculture. We therefore propose a framework of three management strategies (protect, recover or transform) by considering: (1) if reefs were above or below a proposed threshold of >10% cover of the coral taxa important for structural complexity and carbonate production; and (2) reef exposure to severe thermal stress during the 2014–2017 global coral bleaching event. Our findings can guide urgent management efforts for coral reefs, by identifying key threats across multiple scales and strategic policy priorities that might sustain a network of functioning reefs in the Indo-Pacific to avoid ecosystem collapse.Citation
Darling, E. S., McClanahan, T. R., Maina, J., Gurney, G. G., Graham, N. A. J., Januchowski-Hartley, F., … Maire, E. (2019). Social–environmental drivers inform strategic management of coral reefs in the Anthropocene. Nature Ecology & Evolution. doi:10.1038/s41559-019-0953-8Sponsors
All data contributors thank their monitoring partners and funders (see Supplementary Acknowledgements). We thank A. Baird, E. Buthung, P. Chabanet, Y. Chancerelle, D. Harvell, A. Heyward, P. Jokiel, R. Komeno, R. Lawton, S. Maxin, M. Pratchett, B. Randriamanantsoa, C. Rodney, E. Rudi, C. Russo, S. Tasidjawa, B. Vargas-Angel, I. Williams, B. Willis and J. Zavatra for data collection. We thank S. Anderson, K. Fisher and H. Beyer for assistance with analysis and data extraction. Major funding for this work was provided via a David H. Smith Conservation Research Fellowship from the Cedar Tree Foundation, a Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation through grants to the Wildlife Conservation Society. The scientific results and conclusions, as well as any views or opinions expressed herein, are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration or the Department of Commerce.Publisher
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Nature Ecology & EvolutionAdditional Links
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