Urban coral reefs: Degradation and resilience of hard coral assemblages in coastal cities of East and Southeast Asia

• Published in: Marine pollution bulletin Vol. 135; pp. 654 - 681
• Main Authors: Heery, Eliza C., Hoeksema, Bert W., Browne, Nicola K., Reimer, James D., Ang, Put O., Huang, Danwei, Friess, Daniel A., Chou, Loke Ming, Loke, Lynette H.L., Saksena-Taylor, Poonam, Alsagoff, Nadia, Yeemin, Thamasak, Sutthacheep, Makamas, Vo, Si Tuan, Bos, Arthur R., Gumanao, Girley S., Syed Hussein, Muhammad Ali, Waheed, Zarinah, Lane, David J.W., Johan, Ofri, Kunzmann, Andreas, Jompa, Jamaluddin, Suharsono, Taira, Daisuke, Bauman, Andrew G., Todd, Peter A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.10.2018; Elsevier BV
• Subjects: Animals; Anthozoa; Asia, Southeastern; Case studies; China; Cities; Colonization; Compression; Conservation of Water Resources - methods; Conservation of Water Resources - trends; Coral Reefs; Corals; Dynamics; Ecosystem; ecosystem engineering; Environmental engineering; Hong Kong; Indonesia; infrastructure; Japan; Marine ecology; Marine pollution; Oceans; Offshore; Offshore engineering; Pollution; Reef compression; Reef restoration; Ryukyu Archipelago; Singapore; subtropics; Tropical climate; Turbidity; Urban areas; Urban ecology; Urbanization; Variation; Water Pollution; water quality; Asia, Southeastern; Singapore; Cities; Hong Kong; Japan; Indonesia; Southeast Asia; China; Ryukyu Archipelago; Urbanization; Pollution; Reef compression; Reef restoration; Urban ecology

Given predicted increases in urbanization in tropical and subtropical regions, understanding the processes shaping urban coral reefs may be essential for anticipating future conservation challenges. We used a case study approach to identify unifying patterns of urban coral reefs and clarify the effe...