Drivers and consequences of degradation in tropical reef island ecosystems: strategies for restoration and conservation

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作者：
Najeeb, Saba [1 ]
Khan, Raja Asad Ali [2 ]
Deng, Xiao [1 ]
Wu, Chunyuan [1 ]
机构：
[1] Chinese Acad Trop Agr Sci, Environm & Plant Protect Inst, Haikou, Hainan, Peoples R China
[2] Hainan Univ, Coll Plant Protect, Haikou, Peoples R China
来源：
FRONTIERS IN MARINE SCIENCE | 2025年 / 12卷
关键词：
tropical; marine; plant; ecosystem; biodiversity; CORAL-REEF; CLIMATE-CHANGE; PHASE-SHIFTS; FISHING GEAR; COASTAL PROTECTION; FOOD SECURITY; MARINE LITTER; HABITAT LOSS; RESILIENCE; IMPACTS;
D O I：
10.3389/fmars.2025.1518701
中图分类号：
X [环境科学、安全科学];
学科分类号：
08 ; 0830 ;
摘要：
Rising sea levels are threatening the Reef Islands, which have restricted areas that too just a few meters above sea level, besides the global and local anthropogenic strains including devastative methods used for fishing and pollution that impact the majority of the tropical coastal areas as well as the encircling reef ecosystems that are the only sediment sources required for sustenance of these islands. The carbonate skeletal of the sediments is potentially changed due to these strains jeopardizing the physical existence of reef islands through enhanced coral mortality and producing a shift of macro algal supremacy over the corals. Further decline of these vital ecosystems can be stopped by addressing the primary causes of the destructing, enforcing the potential therapeutic and conservative measures, and promoting the stakeholder's cooperation.
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