Reef water microorganisms as diagnostic indicators for coral reef ecosystem management and sustainability
Summary: Monitoring coral reef ecosystem health is becoming increasingly important with the growing climate and anthropogenic-based impacts on reefs and the recent rise in reef restoration activities. Reef water microorganisms can indicate altered reef health and environmental conditions on relevant...
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| description | Summary: Monitoring coral reef ecosystem health is becoming increasingly important with the growing climate and anthropogenic-based impacts on reefs and the recent rise in reef restoration activities. Reef water microorganisms can indicate altered reef health and environmental conditions on relevant timescales for response actions but are rarely monitored. Here, we explain the conceptual idea of microbial-based monitoring. We provide accessible descriptions of reef water microbial collection methods, costs, and analysis, an overview of useful microbial indicators, and an example case study of how microbial monitoring data can aid in the selection of a coral outplanting site for restoration. We further outline the practical infrastructure, funding, and policy-type programs that can be leveraged to build a network for reef water microbial monitoring that could be used by natural resource managers and policy makers to benefit conservation, management, and restoration of threatened coral reef ecosystems. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-ffa17ddb3b5746838be56a860bb56b9d2025-08-20T02:29:43ZengElsevierCell Reports Sustainability2949-79062025-05-012510040310.1016/j.crsus.2025.100403Reef water microorganisms as diagnostic indicators for coral reef ecosystem management and sustainabilityAmy Apprill0Jennifer L. Salerno1Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 266 Woods Hole Road, MS #4, Woods Hole, MA 02543, USA; Corresponding authorPotomac Environmental Research and Education Center, Department of Environmental Science and Policy, George Mason University, 650 Mason Ferry Avenue, Woodbridge, VA 22191, USASummary: Monitoring coral reef ecosystem health is becoming increasingly important with the growing climate and anthropogenic-based impacts on reefs and the recent rise in reef restoration activities. Reef water microorganisms can indicate altered reef health and environmental conditions on relevant timescales for response actions but are rarely monitored. Here, we explain the conceptual idea of microbial-based monitoring. We provide accessible descriptions of reef water microbial collection methods, costs, and analysis, an overview of useful microbial indicators, and an example case study of how microbial monitoring data can aid in the selection of a coral outplanting site for restoration. We further outline the practical infrastructure, funding, and policy-type programs that can be leveraged to build a network for reef water microbial monitoring that could be used by natural resource managers and policy makers to benefit conservation, management, and restoration of threatened coral reef ecosystems.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2949790625000990coral reefmicrobesmanagementpolicymicroscopyDNA sequencing |
| spellingShingle | Amy Apprill Jennifer L. Salerno Reef water microorganisms as diagnostic indicators for coral reef ecosystem management and sustainability Cell Reports Sustainability coral reef microbes management policy microscopy DNA sequencing |
| title | Reef water microorganisms as diagnostic indicators for coral reef ecosystem management and sustainability |
| title_full | Reef water microorganisms as diagnostic indicators for coral reef ecosystem management and sustainability |
| title_fullStr | Reef water microorganisms as diagnostic indicators for coral reef ecosystem management and sustainability |
| title_full_unstemmed | Reef water microorganisms as diagnostic indicators for coral reef ecosystem management and sustainability |
| title_short | Reef water microorganisms as diagnostic indicators for coral reef ecosystem management and sustainability |
| title_sort | reef water microorganisms as diagnostic indicators for coral reef ecosystem management and sustainability |
| topic | coral reef microbes management policy microscopy DNA sequencing |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2949790625000990 |
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