Supporting resilience-based coral reef management using broadscale threshold approaches.

ABSTRACT: Resilience-Based Management of coral reefs aims to maintain ecosystem function and maximise resilience. This requires identification of resilience indicators and clear ecological reference thresholds for reef managers to maintain or aim for. In the absence of local thresholds, managers can assess reef condition by comparing locally collected indicator data to broadscale thresholds, which account for spatial and temporal variability. This study assesses reef condition at Aldabra Atoll, a remote MPA in the western Indian Ocean, relative to broadscale thresholds for structural complexity, fish biomass, herbivore biomass, juvenile coral density, and trophic-level fish biomass. Results were synthesized into a resilience index, and sites were classified into 'management strategies' using a publi

SUBMITTER: Burt AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12267520 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature