Publications
Journal Articles
Shaver et al. 2022 Global Change Biology
Boström-Einarsson et al. 2020 PlosONE
Lamb et al. 2017 Science
Hein et al. 2017 Restoration Ecology
Hein et al. 2021. Frontiers in Marine Science
Quigley et al. 2022. Conservation Biology
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Suggett DJ, Georgen EA, Fraser M, Hein MY,… Vardi T (2025) A user’s guide to coral reef restoration terminologies. Coral Reefs. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-025-02619-8
Gatt YM, Walton RW, …, Hein MY, Worthington TA (2024) The Mangrove Restoration Tracker Tool: Meeting local practitioner needs and tracking progress toward global targets. One Earth 7(11), 2072-2085
Chase TJ, Hein MY, Hoogenboom MO (2024) Specialized coral-dwelling damselfish consistently occupy colonies on time scales ranging from day to year. Environmental Biology of Fishes 107 (7), 813-820
Suggett DJ, Guest J, Camp EF, …, Hein MY, …, Moore T (2024) Restoration as a meaningful aid to ecological recovery of coral reefs. NPJ Ocean Sustainability 3, 20. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44183-024-00056-8
Suggett DJ, Edwards M, Cotton E, Hein MY, Camp EF (2023) An integrative framework for sustainable coral reef restoration. OneEarth 2023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2023.05.007
McLeod IM*, Hein MY*, Babcock R, Bay L, Bourne DG, Cook N, …, Boström-Einarsson L (2022) Coral restoration and adaptation in Australia: The first five years. PLoS ONE 17(11): e0273325.
Shaver EC, McLeod EM, Hein MY, …, McLeod IM (2022) A roadmap to integrating resilience into the practice of coral reef restoration. Global Change Biology, https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16212
Quigley KM, Hein MY, Suggett MJ (2022) Translating the ten golden rules of reforestation for coral reef restoration. Conservation Biology, e13890
Vardi T, Hoot WC, Levy J, Shaver EC, …, Hein MY, …, Montoya-Maya PH (2021) Six priorities to advance the science and practice of coral reef restoration worldwide. Restoration Ecology 29(8), e13498
Hein MY, Vardi T, Shaver EC, Pioch S, Boström-Einarsson L, Ahmed M, Grimsditch G, McLeod IM (2021) Perspectives on the use of coral reef restoration as a strategy to support and improve reef ecosystem services. Frontiers in Marine Science (8):299.
Ferse, SCA, Hein MY, Röfler L (2021) A survey of current trends and suggested future directions in coral transplantation for reef restoration. PlosOne 16 (5), e0249966
Ceccarelli DM, McLeod IM, Bostrom-Einarsson L, Bryan SE, Chartrand KM, Emslie MJ, Gibbs MT, Rivero, MG, Hein MY, Heyward A, Kenyon TM, Lewis BM, Mattocks N, Newlands M, Schläppy ML, Suggett DJ, & Bay LK (2020). Substrate stabilisation and small structures in coral restoration: State of knowledge, and considerations for management and implementation. PLoS One, 15, [e0240846].
Hein MY, Beeden R, Birtles RA, Gardiner NM, LeBerre T, Levy J, Marshall N, Scott CM, Terry L, Willis BL (2020) Coral Restoration Effectiveness: Multiregional Snapshots of the Long-Term Responses of Coral Assemblages to Restoration. Diversity. doi:10.3390/d12040153
Hein MY, Beeden R, Birtles RA, Chase TJ, Couture F, Haskin E, Marshall N, Ripple K, Terry L, Willis BL, Willis R, Gardiner NM (2020) Effects of coral restoration on fish communities: snapshots of long-term, multi-regional responses and implications for practice. Restoration Ecology. doi: 10.1111/rec.13177
Chase TJ, Pratchett MS, McWilliam MJ, Hein MY, SB Tebbett SB, Hoogenboom MO (2020) Fishes alleviate the impacts of sediments on host corals. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. doe: 10.1098/rsos.192074
Boström-Einarsson L, Babcock RC, Bayraktarov E, Ceccarelli D, Cook N, Ferse SCA, Hancock B, Harrison P, Hein M, Shaver E, Smith A, Suggett D, Stewart-Sinclair PJ, Vardi T, McLeod IM. (2020). Coral restoration - A systematic review of successes, failures and future directions. PlosOne. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0226631
·Boström-Einarsson L, Ceccarelli D, Cook N, Hein M, Smith A, McLeod IM. (2020). Data from: Coral restoration - A systematic review of successes, failures and future directions. Dryad Digital Repository. doi:10.5061/dryad.p6r3816
Hein MY, Birtles A, Willis BL, Gardiner N, Beeden R, Marshall NA (2019) Coral restoration: Socio-ecological perspectives of benefits and limitations. Biological Conservation 229:14-25. doi:10.1016/jbiocon.2018.11.014
Hein MY, Willis BL, Beeden R, Birtles A (2017) The need for broader ecological and socioeconomic tools to evaluate the effectiveness of coral restoration programs: Socioecological effectiveness of coral restoration revisited. Restoration Ecology. doi: 10.1111/rec.12580
Lamb JB, Van de Water JAJM, Bourne DG, Altier C, Hein MY, Fiorenza EA, Abu N, Jompa J, Harvell DC (2017) Seagrass ecosystem reduce exposure to bacterial pathogens of human, fishes and invertebrates. Science. 355:731-733 doi: 10.1126/science.aa1956
Pollock FJ, Katz SM, van de Water JAJM, Davies SW, Hein MY, Torda G, Matz MV, Beltran VH, Bürger P, Pulli-Sephan E, Abrego D, Bourne DG, Willis BL (2017) Coral larvae for restoration and research: A large-scale method for rearing Acropora millepora larvae, inducing settlement, and establishing symbiosis Peerj.3732 doi:10.7717/peerj.3732
Scott CM, Mehrotra R, Hein MY, Moerland MS, Hoeksema BW (2017) Population dynamics of corallivores (Drupella and Acanthaster) on coral reefs of Koh Tao, a diving destination in the Gulf of Thailand. Raffles Bulletin of Biology 65:68-79
Hein MY, Lamb JB, Willis BL (2014) Effects of newly implemented marine protected areas on corals health and diversity in Koh Tao, Thailand. Marine Environmental Research 103:56-65 doi: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2014.11.008
Reports
The Coral Reef Breakthrough (2023). The Coral Reef Breakthrough: An urgent call to action for 25% of life in our ocean. A collaboration between the International Coral Reef Initiative, Global Fund for Coral Reefs, UN High-Level Climate Champions, & partners. Coralbreakthrough.org
Hein MY, McLeod E, Razak T, Fox H (2022) Meeting 30 by 30: the role of coral reef restoration. Bloomberg Philanthropies Vibrant Ocean Initiative White Paper
Escovar-Fadul X, Hein MY, Garrison K, McLeod E, Eggers M, Comito F (2022) A Guide to Coral Reef Restoration for the Tourism Sector: Partnering with Caribbean Tourism Leaders to Accelerate Coral Restoration. The Nature Conservancy.
Hein MY, Staub F (2021) Mapping the global funding landscape for coral reef restoration. International Coral reef Initiative.
Hein MY, McLeod IM, Shaver EC, Vardi T, Pioch , Boström-Einarsson L, Ahmed M, Grimsditch G (2020) Coral Reef Restoration as a strategy to improve ecosystem services – A guide to coral restoration methods. United Nations Environment Program, Nairobi, Kenya.
Hein MY, McLeod IM, Shaver EC, Vardi T, Pioch , Boström-Einarsson L, Ahmed M, Grimsditch G (2020) Coral Reef Restoration to improve ecosystem services: Policy Brief. United Nations Environment Program, Nairobi, Kenya.
McLeod IM, Hein MY, et al. (2020) Best practice coral restoration for the Great Barrier Reef: Synthesis of results. Report to the National Environmental Science Program. Reef and Rainforest Research Centre Limited, Cairns (36pp.).
Shaver E C, Courtney C A, West J M, Maynard J, Hein M, Wagner C, Philibotte J, MacGowan P, McLeod I, Boström-Einarsson L, Bucchianeri K, Johnston L, Koss J. (2020). A Manager’s Guide to Coral Reef Restoration Planning and Design. NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program. NOAA Technical Memorandum CRCP 36, 128 pp.
Hein M, Newlands M, Elms A, Vella K, McLeod IM (2020) Why do Great Barrier Reef tourism operators engage in coral restoration? An exploration of motivations, opportunities, and challenges. Report to the National Environmental Science Program. Reef and Rainforest Research Centre Limited, Cairns, 24 pp.
McLeod IM, Newlands M, Hein M, Boström-Einarsson L, Banaszak A, Grimsditch G, Mohammed A, Mead D, Ponch S, Thornton H, Shaver E, Souter D, Staub F. (2019). Mapping Current and Future Priorities for Coral Restoration and Adaptation Programs: International Coral Reef Initiative Ad Hoc Committee on Reef Restoration 2019 Interim Report. 44 pages.
Boström-Einarsson L, Ceccarelli D, Babcock RC, Bayraktarov E, Cook N, Harrison P, Hein M, Shaver E, Smith A, Stewart-Sinclair P.J, Vardi T, McLeod IM (2018) Coral restoration in a changing world - A global synthesis of methods and techniques - A report for the Reef Restoration and Adaptation Program, Subproject 1a - Review of existing technologies/pilots and new initiatives. 85pp.
Book Chapters
Hein et al. 2018, in Coral Reefs: Tourism, Conservation and Management
Hein MY, Couture F, Scott CM (2018) Ecotourism and coral restoration: case studies from Thailand and the Maldives. In “Coral Reefs: Tourism, Conservation and Management”. 1st Edition Edited by Bruce Prideaux and Anja Pabel