Mollie Asbury

Adult corals enhance juvenile recruitment through cumulative ecological niche construction

The paper shows that adult coral abundance and reef structure independently increase juvenile coral recruitment, supporting assemblage-level niche construction.

The builder's legacy: persistent reef structure creates a window for coral recovery after adult loss

The paper quantifies how adult coral cover and reef structure jointly shape juvenile coral densities, revealing a structural legacy window for recovery after adult loss.

Coral settlement module designs for scalable reef restoration

This paper evaluates coral settlement module designs for large-scale reef restoration, finding that helix recess structures significantly enhance coral recruitment compared to controls and natural substrates.

Demographic insights for coral restoration

This paper quantifies the demographic effectiveness of coral restoration strategies by analyzing matrix population models, finding that structural interventions improving survival and recruitment are more efficient than supplemental approaches.

Bacteria-powered living materials enable coral larval settlement

This paper introduces a bacteria-powered living material that significantly enhances coral larval settlement on restoration substrates.

habtools: an R package to calculate 3D metrics for surfaces and objects

habtools is an R package that calculates 3D metrics for surfaces and objects, aiming to improve the analysis of complex 3D data in biology and ecology.