Adam Suchley

TL;DR: The vertical growth potential of more than 200 tropical western Atlantic and Indian Ocean reefs is calculated and compared against recent and projected rates of SLR under different Representative Concentration Pathway (RCP) scenarios to show that few reefs will have the capacity to track sea-level rise projections under Representative concentration pathway scenarios without sustained ecological recovery.

TL;DR: Policy makers and local coral reef managers should reassess the focus on herbivorous fish protection and consider complementary measures such as watershed management in order to arrest this trend as increasing macroalgal cover typically suppresses ecosystem services and leads to degraded reef systems.

TL;DR: In this paper, a survey of 48 sites within seven Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) and nearby unprotected areas to evaluate drivers of coral reef condition in the Mexican Caribbean was conducted.

TL;DR: Policy makers and local managers should consider measures to protect herbivorous fishes and reduce macroalgal proliferation to enable coral communities to continue to grow and function.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors evaluated the effect of the level of protection (NTZ, partial and unprotected areas), habitat structure and local human threats on four fish community metrics: total biomass, commercial fish biomass, mean trophic level and commercial fish mean size.