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Brianna LeFebre, Phil Saye and James S. Henkel
Coral reef rehabilitation in the Caribbean is of major ecological and economic importance in the West Indies. Local organizations in Grenada constructed a cement pyramid artificial reef structure with rugosity (termed ?The Pyramid?) and placed a number o...
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Elad Nehoray Rachmilovitz, Jacob Douek and Baruch Rinkevich
The successful management of coral reefs necessitates understanding the genetic characteristics of reefs? populations since levels of genetic diversity play a critical role in their resilience, enabling them to withstand environmental changes with greate...
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Tamar Shabi, Yaron Ziv, Reuven Yosef and Nadav Shashar
Global degradation of coral reefs is reflected in the destruction of shelters in various environments and threatens the stability of marine ecosystems. Artificial shelters offer an alternative, but their design could be more challenging due to limited kn...
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Hao Wu, Xuewen Lei, Xiang Chen, Jianhua Shen, Xinzhi Wang and Tiantian Ma
The reclamation coral sand (CS) layer is the survival environment for island reef vegetation in the South China Sea. The root system within the CS bed draws water necessary for vegetation growth, implying that the water-retention capacity of CS plays a p...
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Xu Wang, Ke Qu, Jia Men, Liangbin Zhang, Junjie Li and Rongze Gao
Dredging materials from reef flats have become an important source of sand and aggregates for meeting the infrastructure needs of coral-lined shores in subtropical and tropical regions, especially for low-lying atoll islands. Dredging at the reef flats c...
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Lynn Donelson Wright and Bruce Graham Thom
The shape of the coast and the processes that mold it change together as a complex system. There is constant feedback among the multiple components of the system, and when climate changes, all facets of the system change. Abrupt shifts to different state...
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Asa Oren, Ofer Berman, Reem Neri, Ezri Tarazi, Haim Parnas, Offri Lotan, Majeed Zoabi, Noam Josef and Nadav Shashar
Coral reefs are three-dimensional biogenic structures that provide habitat for plenty of marine organisms; yet, coral reefs are deteriorating worldwide. Hence, it is essential to identify suitable substitutes for such coral services. This study examines ...
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Bo Yang, Zhuo Zhang, Ziqiang Xie, Bogui Chen, Huina Zheng, Baolin Liao, Jin Zhou and Baohua Xiao
In situ field investigations coupled with coral culture experiments were carried out in the coral reef waters of the eastern coast of Shenzhen, Da?ao Bay (DAB), Dalu Bay (DLB), and Yangmeikeng Sea Area (YMKSA) to study the dynamics of the carbon dioxide ...
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Jian Cheng, Liang Cheng, Sensen Chu, Jizhe Li, Qixin Hu, Li Ye, Zhiyong Wang and Hui Chen
Satellite-derived bathymetry (SDB) techniques are increasingly valuable for deriving high-quality bathymetric maps of coral reefs. Investigating the performance of the related SDB algorithms in purely spaceborne active?passive fusion bathymetry contribut...
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Ting Yao and Wei Li
Mega land reclamation projects have been carried out on the coral reefs in the South China Sea. Coral sand was used as a backfill material through hydraulic filling, with fill heights ranging from 6 to 10 m. To enhance foundation stability, vibro-flotati...
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