Sustained coral reef growth in the critical wave dissipation zone of a Maldivian atoll

• Main Authors: Kench, Paul S., Beetham, Edward P., Turner, Tracey, Morgan, Kyle Meredith, Owen, Susan D., McLean, Roger F.
• Other Authors: Asian School of the Environment
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Engineering::Environmental engineering; Maldives; Coral Reef
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/164064
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Sea-level rise is expected to outpace the capacity of coral reefs to grow and maintain their wave protection function, exacerbating coastal flooding and erosion of adjacent shorelines and threatening coastal communities. Here we present a new method that yields highly-resolved direct measurements of...