Evan N. Edinger

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used line-intercept transect surveys on 15 reefs in three regions of Indonesia to estimate the relative decrease in within-habitat coral species diversity associated with different types of reef degradation.

TL;DR: Coral growth and reef growth were decoupled, in that coral growth rates did not reliably predict rates of reef accretion, illustrating the need for a whole-reef perspective on coral reef health.

TL;DR: It is shown that contemporary carbonate production rates are now substantially below historical values, suggesting that recent ecological declines are now suppressing Caribbean reef growth potential.

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: In this paper, a rapid, non-destructive approach to carbonate budget assessments, termed ReefBudget that is census-based and which focuses on quantifying the relative contributions made by different biological carbonate producer/eroder groups to net reef framework carbonate production is presented.