Abstract:Abstract13 Counteracting the worldwide trend of coral reef degeneration is a major challenge for the 14 scientific community. A crucial management approach to minimizing stress effects on healthy 15 reefs and helping the recovery of disturbed reefs is reef protection. However, the current rapid 16 decline of the world's reefs suggests that protection might be insufficient as a viable stand-alone 17 management approach for some reefs. We thus suggest that the ecological restoration of coral 18 reefs (CRR) shoul… Show more
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