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cost and feasibility of marine coastal restoration by Bayraktarov, Elisa, Megan I. Saunders, Sabah Abdullah, Morena Mills, Jutta Beher, Hugh P. Possingham, Peter J. Mumby, Catherine E. Lovelock

“…Land‐use change in the coastal zone has led to worldwide degradation of marine coastal ecosystems and a loss of the goods and services they provide…”
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Organic carbon in seagrass sediments is influenced by seagrass canopy complexity, turbidity, wave height, and water depth by Samper-Villarreal, Jimena, Lovelock, Catherine E., Saunders, Megan I., Roelfsema, Chris, Mumby, Peter J.

“…Seagrass meadows are important marine carbon sinks, yet they are threatened and declining worldwide. Seagrass management and conservation requires adequate…”
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Measuring coral reef terrain roughness using ‘Structure-from-Motion’ close-range photogrammetry by Leon, J.X., Roelfsema, Chris M., Saunders, Megan I., Phinn, Stuart R.

“…Our understanding of Earth surface processes is rapidly advancing as new remote sensing technologies such as LiDAR and close-range digital photogrammetry…”
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Drivers of global mangrove loss and gain in social-ecological systems by Hagger, Valerie, Worthington, Thomas A., Lovelock, Catherine E., Adame, Maria Fernanda, Amano, Tatsuya, Brown, Benjamin M., Friess, Daniel A., Landis, Emily, Mumby, Peter J., Morrison, Tiffany H., O’Brien, Katherine R., Wilson, Kerrie A., Zganjar, Chris, Saunders, Megan I.

“…Mangrove forests store high amounts of carbon, protect communities from storms, and support fisheries. Mangroves exist in complex social-ecological systems,…”
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Managing for interactions between local and global stressors of ecosystems by Brown, Christopher J, Saunders, Megan I, Possingham, Hugh P, Richardson, Anthony J

“…Global stressors, including climate change, are a major threat to ecosystems, but they cannot be halted by local actions. Ecosystem management is thus…”
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Interactions between global and local stressors of ecosystems determine management effectiveness in cumulative impact mapping by Brown, Christopher J, Saunders, Megan I, Possingham, Hugh P, Richardson, Anthony J, Essl, Franz

“…AIM: Cumulative impact maps are used to identify the spatial distribution of multiple human impacts to species and ecosystems. Impacts can be caused by local…”
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Anticipative management for coral reef ecosystem services in the 21st century by Rogers, Alice, Harborne, Alastair R, Brown, Christopher J, Bozec, Yves‐Marie, Castro, Carolina, Chollett, Iliana, Hock, Karlo, Knowland, Cheryl A, Marshell, Alyssa, Ortiz, Juan C, Razak, Tries, Roff, George, Samper‐Villarreal, Jimena, Saunders, Megan I, Wolff, Nicholas H, Mumby, Peter J

“…Under projections of global climate change and other stressors, significant changes in the ecology, structure and function of coral reefs are predicted…”
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Coastal retreat and improved water quality mitigate losses of seagrass from sea level rise by Saunders, Megan I., Leon, Javier, Phinn, Stuart R., Callaghan, David P., O'Brien, Katherine R., Roelfsema, Chris M., Lovelock, Catherine E., Lyons, Mitchell B., Mumby, Peter J.

“…The distribution and abundance of seagrass ecosystems could change significantly over the coming century due to sea level rise (SLR). Coastal managers require…”
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Priorities and Motivations of Marine Coastal Restoration Research by Bayraktarov, Elisa, Brisbane, Shantala, Hagger, Valerie, Smith, Carter S., Wilson, Kerrie A., Lovelock, Catherine E., Gillies, Chris, Steven, Andrew D. L., Saunders, Megan I.

“…Active restoration is becoming an increasingly important conservation intervention to counteract the degradation of marine coastal ecosystems. Understanding…”
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Simple rules can guide whether land- or ocean-based conservation will best benefit marine ecosystems by Saunders, Megan I, Bode, Michael, Atkinson, Scott, Klein, Carissa J, Metaxas, Anna, Beher, Jutta, Beger, Maria, Mills, Morena, Giakoumi, Sylvaine, Tulloch, Vivitskaia, Possingham, Hugh P

“…Coastal marine ecosystems can be managed by actions undertaken both on the land and in the ocean. Quantifying and comparing the costs and benefits of actions…”
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Winners and losers as mangrove, coral and seagrass ecosystems respond to sea-level rise in Solomon Islands by Albert, Simon, Saunders, Megan I, Roelfsema, Chris M, Leon, Javier X, Johnstone, Elizabeth, Mackenzie, Jock R, Hoegh-Guldberg, Ove, Grinham, Alistair R, Phinn, Stuart R, Duke, Norman C, Mumby, Peter J, Kovacs, Eva, Woodroffe, Colin D

“…A 2007 earthquake in the western Solomon Islands resulted in a localised subsidence event in which sea level (relative to the previous coastal settings) rose…”
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Fussy feeders: phyllosoma larvae of the Western Rocklobster (Panulirus cygnus) demonstrate prey preference by Saunders, Megan I, Thompson, Peter A, Jeffs, Andrew G, Säwström, Christin, Sachlikidis, Nikolas, Beckley, Lynnath E, Waite, Anya M

“…The Western Rocklobster (Panulirus cygnus) is the most valuable single species fishery in Australia and the largest single country spiny lobster fishery in the…”
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High-resolution mapping of losses and gains of Earth's tidal wetlands by Murray, Nicholas J, Worthington, Thomas A, Bunting, Pete, Duce, Stephanie, Hagger, Valerie, Lovelock, Catherine E, Lucas, Richard, Saunders, Megan I, Sheaves, Marcus, Spalding, Mark, Waltham, Nathan J, Lyons, Mitchell B

“…Tidal wetlands are expected to respond dynamically to global environmental change, but the extent to which wetland losses have been offset by gains remains…”
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The zooplankton prey field for rock lobster phyllosoma larvae in relation to oceanographic features of the south-eastern Indian Ocean by SÄWSTRÖM, Christin, BECKLEY, Lynnath E, SAUNDERS, Megan I, THOMPSON, Peter A, WAITE, Anya M

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Bright Spots in Coastal Marine Ecosystem Restoration by Saunders, Megan I., Doropoulos, Christopher, Bayraktarov, Elisa, Babcock, Russell C., Gorman, Daniel, Eger, Aaron M., Vozzo, Maria L., Gillies, Chris L., Vanderklift, Mathew A., Steven, Andy D.L., Bustamante, Rodrigo H., Silliman, Brian R.

“…The United Nations General Assembly calls for ecosystem restoration to be a primary intervention strategy used to counter the continued loss of natural…”
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Interdependency of tropical marine ecosystems in response to climate change by SAUNDERS, Megan I, LEON, Javier X, HOEGH-GULDBERG, Ove, WOODROFFE, Colin D, MUMBY, Peter J, CALLAGHAN, David P, ROELFSEMA, Chris M, HAMYLTON, Sarah, BROWN, Christopher J, BALDOCK, Tom, GOLSHANI, Aliasghar, PHINN, Stuart R, LOVELOCK, Catherine E

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Motivations, success, and cost of coral reef restoration by Bayraktarov, Elisa, Stewart‐Sinclair, Phoebe J., Brisbane, Shantala, Boström‐Einarsson, Lisa, Saunders, Megan I., Lovelock, Catherine E., Possingham, Hugh P., Mumby, Peter J., Wilson, Kerrie A.

“…Coral reef restoration is an increasingly important part of tropical marine conservation. Information about what motivates coral reef restoration as well as…”
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Multi-temporal mapping of seagrass cover, species and biomass: A semi-automated object based image analysis approach by Roelfsema, Chris M., Lyons, Mitchell, Kovacs, Eva M., Maxwell, Paul, Saunders, Megan I., Samper-Villarreal, Jimena, Phinn, Stuart R.

“…The spatial and temporal dynamics of seagrasses have been studied from the leaf to patch (100m2) scales. However, landscape scale (>100km2) seagrass population…”
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Synthesising wave attenuation for seagrass: Drag coefficient as a unifying indicator by Twomey, Alice J., O'Brien, Katherine R., Callaghan, David P., Saunders, Megan I.

“…An estimated 100 million people inhabit coastal areas at risk from flooding and erosion due to climate change. Seagrass meadows, like other coastal ecosystems,…”
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Speeding up the recovery of coastal habitats through management interventions that address constraints on dispersal and recruitment by Brown, Christopher J, Campbell, Max D, Collier, Catherine J, Turschwell, Mischa P, Saunders, Megan I, Connolly, Rod M

“…Plans for habitat restoration will benefit from predictions of timescales for recovery. Theoretical models have been a powerful tool for informing practical…”
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