List of works - David O. Obura

A Response to Scientific and Societal Needs for Marine Biological Observations

scientific article published on 17 July 2019

A comparative study of the accuracy and effectiveness of Line and Point Intercept Transect methods for coral reef monitoring in the southwestern Indian Ocean islands

scientific article published on 25 September 2015

A global horizon scan of issues impacting marine and coastal biodiversity conservation

scientific article published in 2022

A workflow to integrate ecological monitoring data from different sources

scientific article published on 24 December 2021

Achieving a nature- and people-positive future

scientific article published in February 2023

Achieving global biodiversity goals by 2050 requires urgent and integrated actions

scientific article published in 2022

Actions needed to achieve ambitious objectives of net gains in natural ecosystem area by 2030 and beyond

Advancing Marine Biological Observations and Data Requirements of the Complementary Essential Ocean Variables (EOVs) and Essential Biodiversity Variables (EBVs) Frameworks

scholarly article by Frank E Muller-Karger published in June 2018

Advancing Social Equity in and Through Marine Conservation

scientific article published on 02 August 2021

Assessing coral bleaching and recovery with a colour reference card in Watamu Marine Park, Kenya

scholarly article by Simone Montano et al published 17 August 2010 in Hydrobiologia

Assessment of Coastal Governance for Climate Change Adaptation in Kenya

scholarly article by Lenice Ojwang et al published November 2017 in Earth's Future

Author Correction: A global biodiversity observing system to unite monitoring and guide action

scientific article published in 2023

Author Correction: Vulnerability to collapse of coral reef ecosystems in the Western Indian Ocean

correction of a scholarly article

Author Correction: Vulnerability to collapse of coral reef ecosystems in the Western Indian Ocean

scientific article published on 7 August 2024

Baseline Marine Biological Surveys of the Phoenix Islands, July 2000

article

Baselines and degradation of coral reefs in the Northern Line Islands.

scientific article

Biodiversity, agriculture and sustainable production: GBF Target 10

scientific article published in 2023

Black reefs: iron-induced phase shifts on coral reefs

scientific article

Black reefs: iron-induced phase shifts on coral reefs

scientific article published in 2012

British Indian Ocean Territory (the Chagos Archipelago): Setting, Connections and the Marine Protected Area

Characteristics of shallow and mesophotic environments of the Pemba Channel, Tanzania: Implications for management and conservation

scientific article published in 2021

Coexistence of low coral cover and high fish biomass at Farquhar Atoll, Seychelles

scientific article

Conclusions of low extinction risk for most species of reef-building corals are premature

scientific article published on 14 February 2022

Coral Reef Monitoring, Reef Assessment Technologies, and Ecosystem-Based Management

scientific article published in 2019

Coral Reef Structure and Zonation of the Phoenix Islands

Coral Reefs of the Chagos Archipelago, Indian Ocean

Coral mortality associated with thermal fluctuations in the Phoenix Islands, 2002–2005

Coral reef monitoring in the Iles Eparses, Mozambique Channel (2011–2013)

scholarly article by P. Chabanet et al published April 2016 in Acta Oecologica

Coral reefs and society—finding a balance?

Coral responses to a repeat bleaching event in Mayotte in 2010

article

Corals and reefs of Cosmoledo and Aldabra atolls: Extent of damage, assemblage shifts and recovery following the severe mortality of 1998

article published in 2005

Correction to: Participatory reporting of the 2016 bleaching event in the Western Indian Ocean

scientific article published in 2019

DNA barcoding reveals the coral "laboratory-rat", Stylophora pistillata encompasses multiple identities

scientific article (publication date: 2013)

Diversity and distribution of symbiodinium associated with seven common coral species in the Chagos Archipelago, central Indian Ocean

scientific article

Earth system justice needed to identify and live within Earth system boundaries

scholarly article

Ecological connectivity between the areas beyond national jurisdiction and coastal waters: Safeguarding interests of coastal communities in developing countries

scientific article published in 2019

Ecology. Essential biodiversity variables

scientific article

Effect of Sea Urchin Reductions on Algae, Coral, and Fish Populations

scientific article published on 11 March 2003

Essential ocean variables for global sustained observations of biodiversity and ecosystem changes.

scientific article published on 5 April 2018

Establishing a climate target within the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework

scientific article published on 6 December 2022

Establishing historical benthic cover levels for coral reefs of the Western Indian Ocean

scientific article published on 27 July 2023

Establishing the Foundation for the Global Observing System for Marine Life

scientific article

Establishment, management, and maintenance of the phoenix islands protected area.

scientific article

Estimating Connectivity Through Larval Dispersal in the Western Indian Ocean

scientific article published in 2019

Expert perspectives on global biodiversity loss and its drivers and impacts on people

scientific article published in 2022

Getting to 2030 - Scaling effort to ambition through a narrative model of the SDGs

scientific article published in 2020

Healthy and diverse coral reefs in Djibouti - A resilient reef system or few anthropogenic threats?

scientific article published on 17 August 2019

Identifying a Safe and Just Corridor for People and the Planet

scholarly article

Impacts of the 26 December 2004 tsunami in Eastern Africa

article

Increasing Coral Reef Resilience Through Successive Marine Heatwaves

scientific article published on 30 August 2021

Indirect effects of algae on coral: algae-mediated, microbe-induced coral mortality

scientific article published on 01 July 2006

Individual and community empowerment improve resource users’ perceptions of community-based conservation effectiveness in Kenya and Tanzania

scholarly article

Integrate biodiversity targets from local to global levels

scientific article published on 12 August 2021

Investments' role in ecosystem degradation-Response

scientific article published on 01 April 2020

Kenya.

scientific article

Linking Capacity Development to GOOS Monitoring Networks to Achieve Sustained Ocean Observation

scholarly article by Nicholas J. Bax et al published 25 September 2018 in Frontiers in Marine Science

Living within the safe and just Earth system boundaries for blue water

Long-standing environmental conditions, geographic isolation and host-symbiont specificity influence the relative ecological dominance and genetic diversification of coral endosymbionts in the genusSymbiodinium

article

Low oxygen levels caused by Noctiluca scintillans bloom kills corals in Gulf of Mannar, India

scientific article published on 17 December 2020

Management response to a bleaching event

article

Marine World Heritage: creating a globally more balanced and representative list

scientific article published in 2014

Marine ecosystem services in the Northern Mozambique Channel: A geospatial and socio-economic analysis for policy support

scientific article published on 10 November 2018

Negative effects of gardening damselfish Stegastes planifrons on coral health depend on predator abundance

scientific article published on 19 February 2015

Observations, indicators and scenarios of biodiversity and ecosystem services change — a framework to support policy and decision-making

scholarly article by Cornelia B .Krug et al published December 2017 in Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

One-Third of Reef-Building Corals Face Elevated Extinction Risk from Climate Change and Local Impacts

scientific article (publication date: 10 July 2008)

Operationalizing resilience for adaptive coral reef management under global environmental change.

scientific article

Overcoming the coupled climate and biodiversity crises and their societal impacts

scientific article published on 21 April 2023

Participatory Mapping of Terrestrial Fishery Resources in Kwale District, Kenya

scientific article published in 2007

Participatory reporting of the 2016 bleaching event in the Western Indian Ocean

scientific article published in 2019

Pervasive human-driven decline of life on Earth points to the need for transformative change

scientific article published on 01 December 2019

Prioritizing sustainable use in the Kunming-Montreal global biodiversity framework

scientific article published on 12 January 2023

Re-evaluating the health of coral reef communities: baselines and evidence for human impacts across the central Pacific

scientific article

Reconciling safe planetary targets and planetary justice: Why should social scientists engage with planetary targets?

scholarly article

Reef corals bleach to resist stress

scientific article

Reefs and islands of the Chagos Archipelago, Indian Ocean: why it is the world's largest no-take marine protected area

scientific article

Refilling the coral reef glass

scientific article published in September 2017

Relict Siderastrea Savignyana (Scleractinia: Siderastreidae) in the Kiunga Marine National Reserve, Kenya ⬇️

scientific article published in July 2007

Resilience and climate change: lessons from coral reefs and bleaching in the Western Indian Ocean

scholarly article by David O. Obura published May 2005 in Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Risk‐sensitive planning for conserving coral reefs under rapid climate change ⬇️

article by Hawthorne L. Beyer et al published 27 June 2018 in Conservation Letters

Safe and just Earth system boundaries

scholarly article

Science for management in the western Indian Ocean

scientific article published in 2005

Scientific foundations for an ecosystem goal, milestones and indicators for the post-2020 global biodiversity framework

scientific article published on 16 August 2021

Scientific outcome of the IPBES-IPCC co-sponsored workshop on biodiversity and climate change

scholarly report

Sea Turtles of the Phoenix Islands, 2000-2002

scientific article published in 2011

Sedimentation effects on shallow coral communities in Kenya

scholarly article by T.R. McClanahan & David Obura published February 1997 in Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Set ambitious goals for biodiversity and sustainability

scientific article

Setting ambitious international restoration objectives for terrestrial ecosystems for 2030 and beyond

Silent killer: black reefs in the Phoenix Islands Protected Area

scholarly article

Status of Kenyan Coral Reefs

scientific article published in 1995

Strengthening resilience potential assessments for coral reef management

scientific article published in 2024

Ten New Insights in Climate Science 2023/2024

scientific article published in December 2023

Ten years to restore a planet

scientific article published in 2020

The 2014-17 Global Coral Bleaching Event: The Most Severe and Widespread Coral Reef Destruction

The Diversity and Biogeography of Western Indian Ocean Reef-Building Corals ⬇️

scientific article published on September 19, 2012

The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework: Business as usual or a turning point?

scientific article published in February 2023

The Negative Impacts of Human Activities in the Eastern African Region: An International Waters Perspective

article published in 2004

The Negative Impacts of Human Activities in the Eastern African Region: An International Waters Perspective

The coral reef crisis: The critical importance of<350ppm CO2

scientific article

The current status of coral reefs and their vulnerability to climate change and multiple human stresses in the Comoros Archipelago, Western Indian Ocean

scientific article published on 31 May 2018

The future of resilience-based management in coral reef ecosystems

scientific article published on 21 December 2018

The key role of the Northern Mozambique Channel for Indian Ocean tropical tuna fisheries

scholarly article

The lagoon at Caroline/Millennium atoll, Republic of Kiribati: natural history of a nearly pristine ecosystem

scientific article

The negative impacts of human activities in the eastern African region: an international waters perspective.

scientific article

Thirteen steps to transformation

scientific article published on 7 September 2023

Transforming management of tropical coastal seas to cope with challenges of the 21st century

scientific article

Variation in size frequency distribution of coral populations under different fishing pressures in two contrasting locations in the Indian Ocean

scientific article

Vulnerability to collapse of coral reef ecosystems in the Western Indian Ocean

scientific article published on 06 December 2021

WTO must ban harmful fisheries subsidies

scientific article

WTO must complete an ambitious fisheries subsidies agreement

scholarly article

List of works by David O. Obura

A Response to Scientific and Societal Needs for Marine Biological Observations

A comparative study of the accuracy and effectiveness of Line and Point Intercept Transect methods for coral reef monitoring in the southwestern Indian Ocean islands

A global horizon scan of issues impacting marine and coastal biodiversity conservation

A workflow to integrate ecological monitoring data from different sources

Achieving a nature- and people-positive future

Achieving global biodiversity goals by 2050 requires urgent and integrated actions

Actions needed to achieve ambitious objectives of net gains in natural ecosystem area by 2030 and beyond

Advancing Marine Biological Observations and Data Requirements of the Complementary Essential Ocean Variables (EOVs) and Essential Biodiversity Variables (EBVs) Frameworks

Advancing Social Equity in and Through Marine Conservation

Assessing coral bleaching and recovery with a colour reference card in Watamu Marine Park, Kenya

Assessment of Coastal Governance for Climate Change Adaptation in Kenya

Author Correction: A global biodiversity observing system to unite monitoring and guide action

Author Correction: Vulnerability to collapse of coral reef ecosystems in the Western Indian Ocean

Author Correction: Vulnerability to collapse of coral reef ecosystems in the Western Indian Ocean

Baseline Marine Biological Surveys of the Phoenix Islands, July 2000

Baselines and degradation of coral reefs in the Northern Line Islands.

Biodiversity, agriculture and sustainable production: GBF Target 10

Black reefs: iron-induced phase shifts on coral reefs

Black reefs: iron-induced phase shifts on coral reefs

British Indian Ocean Territory (the Chagos Archipelago): Setting, Connections and the Marine Protected Area

Characteristics of shallow and mesophotic environments of the Pemba Channel, Tanzania: Implications for management and conservation

Coexistence of low coral cover and high fish biomass at Farquhar Atoll, Seychelles

Conclusions of low extinction risk for most species of reef-building corals are premature

Coral Reef Monitoring, Reef Assessment Technologies, and Ecosystem-Based Management

Coral Reef Structure and Zonation of the Phoenix Islands

Coral Reefs of the Chagos Archipelago, Indian Ocean

Coral mortality associated with thermal fluctuations in the Phoenix Islands, 2002–2005

Coral reef monitoring in the Iles Eparses, Mozambique Channel (2011–2013)

Coral reefs and society—finding a balance?

Coral responses to a repeat bleaching event in Mayotte in 2010

Corals and reefs of Cosmoledo and Aldabra atolls: Extent of damage, assemblage shifts and recovery following the severe mortality of 1998

Correction to: Participatory reporting of the 2016 bleaching event in the Western Indian Ocean

DNA barcoding reveals the coral "laboratory-rat", Stylophora pistillata encompasses multiple identities

Diversity and distribution of symbiodinium associated with seven common coral species in the Chagos Archipelago, central Indian Ocean

Earth system justice needed to identify and live within Earth system boundaries

Ecological connectivity between the areas beyond national jurisdiction and coastal waters: Safeguarding interests of coastal communities in developing countries

Ecology. Essential biodiversity variables

Effect of Sea Urchin Reductions on Algae, Coral, and Fish Populations

Essential ocean variables for global sustained observations of biodiversity and ecosystem changes.

Establishing a climate target within the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework

Establishing historical benthic cover levels for coral reefs of the Western Indian Ocean

Establishing the Foundation for the Global Observing System for Marine Life

Establishment, management, and maintenance of the phoenix islands protected area.

Estimating Connectivity Through Larval Dispersal in the Western Indian Ocean

Expert perspectives on global biodiversity loss and its drivers and impacts on people

Getting to 2030 - Scaling effort to ambition through a narrative model of the SDGs

Healthy and diverse coral reefs in Djibouti - A resilient reef system or few anthropogenic threats?

Identifying a Safe and Just Corridor for People and the Planet

Impacts of the 26 December 2004 tsunami in Eastern Africa

Increasing Coral Reef Resilience Through Successive Marine Heatwaves

Indirect effects of algae on coral: algae-mediated, microbe-induced coral mortality

Individual and community empowerment improve resource users’ perceptions of community-based conservation effectiveness in Kenya and Tanzania

Integrate biodiversity targets from local to global levels

Investments' role in ecosystem degradation-Response

Kenya.

Linking Capacity Development to GOOS Monitoring Networks to Achieve Sustained Ocean Observation

Living within the safe and just Earth system boundaries for blue water

Long-standing environmental conditions, geographic isolation and host-symbiont specificity influence the relative ecological dominance and genetic diversification of coral endosymbionts in the genusSymbiodinium

Low oxygen levels caused by Noctiluca scintillans bloom kills corals in Gulf of Mannar, India

Management response to a bleaching event

Marine World Heritage: creating a globally more balanced and representative list

Marine ecosystem services in the Northern Mozambique Channel: A geospatial and socio-economic analysis for policy support

Negative effects of gardening damselfish Stegastes planifrons on coral health depend on predator abundance

Observations, indicators and scenarios of biodiversity and ecosystem services change — a framework to support policy and decision-making

One-Third of Reef-Building Corals Face Elevated Extinction Risk from Climate Change and Local Impacts

Operationalizing resilience for adaptive coral reef management under global environmental change.

Overcoming the coupled climate and biodiversity crises and their societal impacts

Participatory Mapping of Terrestrial Fishery Resources in Kwale District, Kenya

Participatory reporting of the 2016 bleaching event in the Western Indian Ocean

Pervasive human-driven decline of life on Earth points to the need for transformative change

Prioritizing sustainable use in the Kunming-Montreal global biodiversity framework

Re-evaluating the health of coral reef communities: baselines and evidence for human impacts across the central Pacific

Reconciling safe planetary targets and planetary justice: Why should social scientists engage with planetary targets?

Reef corals bleach to resist stress

Reefs and islands of the Chagos Archipelago, Indian Ocean: why it is the world's largest no-take marine protected area

Refilling the coral reef glass

Relict Siderastrea Savignyana (Scleractinia: Siderastreidae) in the Kiunga Marine National Reserve, Kenya ⬇️

Resilience and climate change: lessons from coral reefs and bleaching in the Western Indian Ocean

Risk‐sensitive planning for conserving coral reefs under rapid climate change ⬇️