Ecological Risks of Coral Reef Interventions from Literature Review

A CORDAP scoping study database categorizes ecological risks for active coral reef interventions. It contains extracted data from 169 scientific articles covering 30 interventions and 198 identified risks. The Australian Ocean Data Network hosts this collection, which was compiled from a literature search completed in October 2023.

Use Cases

• Analyze the frequency and distribution of 198 identified risks across 30 different intervention types.
• Map intervention and risk information using extracted spatial data attributes from the literature.
• Study temporal trends in risk reporting by examining article publication dates and study years.
• Correlate specific intervention attributes, such as methods or scales, with associated risk categories.

Strengths

• Data extracted from 169 peer-reviewed articles provides a substantive literature foundation.
• Structured extraction across 24 categories under 4 key attributes ensures systematic analysis.

Limitations

• Limited to English-language publications, introducing a potential language bias.
• Focus on shallow tropical/subtropical reefs excludes other reef ecosystems.
• Sample size of 169 articles may not capture all relevant literature on the topic.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network, from a CORDAP scoping study.

Collection Method

Systematic literature review via SCOPUS database with defined inclusion criteria.

Time Range

Covers literature up to the search date of October 2023.

Freshness

Literature search was completed on October 13, 2023.

Geography

Global, but limited to studies on shallow coral reefs in tropical or subtropical settings.