Joshua S. Madin

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

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.

This study examines how light availability varies with reef surface complexity, finding that increased rugosity reduces light availability at local scales.

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.

The paper quantifies global coral reef ecosystem functions using metabolic models and surveys, revealing a continuous functional spectrum influenced by climate and human factors.

This study tracks morphological development in stony corals using photogrammetry, revealing that small colonies diverge along growth-form-specific trajectories while massive corals maintain stable shapes.

The paper tests cylindrical pylon-like structures with helix recesses for enhancing coral larval recruitment, finding they support similar recruitment densities to conical designs.

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.

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

This study develops 3D-printed settlement modules with helix recesses that dramatically increase coral larvae settlement and survival compared to controls and natural substrates.

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.

The paper maps global structural complexity measures and links them to ecosystem distribution and human presence.