PROJECT ABSTRACT

Coral reefs are declining globally, yet some reefs show a particularly high resilience capacity facing disturbances. Coral reefs around the island of Moorea, French Polynesia, are among those exceptional ecosystems, although signs of decline are becoming more noticeable through decades.   

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In partnership with researchers from CRIOBE (PSL-EPHE-UPVD-CNRS) and the American research program Long-Term Ecological Research (NSF-University of California), we monitor the long-term dynamics of the coral reefs around Moorea and study the ecological processes that determine their resilience capacity. Our findings shed light on how coral reefs function, their role for coastal societies that depend on them, and are source of solutions for coral reef management.

 

PUBLICATIONS

 

2011 Kayal etal Associational refuges corals vs Acanthaster.pdf
2014 Ladriere etal Variability Zoox density Acropora.pdf
2012 Kayal etal Acanthaster outbreak, dynamics & consequences.pdf
2015 Kayal etal Coral life-strategy & population dynamics.pdf
2017 Kayal & Kayal Millepora constitutes bio-sanctuary for corals.pdf
2017 Kayal etal COTS detectability.pdf
2018 Adjeroud etal Reccurent reef recovery, Moorea.pdf
2017 Adjeroud etal Importance of coral recruitment.pdf
2018 Kayal etal Multi-species consumer jams vs guarded corals.pdf
2018 Kayal etal Predicting coral community recovery.pdf
2019 Vercelloni etal Coral reef exposure, vulnerability & resiliency to disturbances.pdf
2021 Carlot etal Juvenile corals boost reef calcification.pdf
2023 Carlot & al Coral loss exposes coasts to waves