In 1842, Charles Darwin described the Belize Barrier Reef as "the most remarkable reef in the West Indies." Fast forward to 2021, only about 17 percent of live coral cover remains on fore-reefs in ...

"Our research reveals that shallow, energetic areas such as the upper fore reef and middle reef flat, typically characterized by physically-robust coral species, should be targeted for restoration ...

The benthic community was characterized at 10 m depth on the fore-reef of each island using photoquadrats (Sandin et al., 2008). Two 25-m transect lines were quantified per site and 10 0.72-m 2 ...