A review of coral reef restoration initiatives in the Western Indian Ocean Region

Juliet Furaha Karisa, Omar Farouk, Nadeem Nazurally, Luca Saponari, Joshua Wambugu, Joan Kawaka, Gildas Todinanahary, Anne Laudisoit, Lorna Slade, Nancy Ogega, David Ouma, Edward Senkondo, Masanja Joram, Hassan Yussuf, Joshua Oginda, Margaux Hein, Caitlin Lustic, Tali Vardi, Phanor Hernando Montoya Maya, Jessica Levy, Kristen Maize, Baruch Rinkevich, Arthur Tuda, George Maina

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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0348015
Published: 2026-05-08
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@article{allodium:10.1371/journal.pone.0348015,
  title = {A review of coral reef restoration initiatives in the Western Indian Ocean Region},
  author = {Juliet Furaha Karisa and Omar Farouk and Nadeem Nazurally and Luca Saponari and Joshua Wambugu and Joan Kawaka and Gildas Todinanahary and Anne Laudisoit and Lorna Slade and Nancy Ogega and David Ouma and Edward Senkondo and Masanja Joram and Hassan Yussuf and Joshua Oginda and Margaux Hein and Caitlin Lustic and Tali Vardi and Phanor Hernando Montoya Maya and Jessica Levy and Kristen Maize and Baruch Rinkevich and Arthur Tuda and George Maina},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {PLOS One},
  doi = {10.1371/journal.pone.0348015},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0348015}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - A review of coral reef restoration initiatives in the Western Indian Ocean Region
AU  - Juliet Furaha Karisa
AU  - Omar Farouk
AU  - Nadeem Nazurally
AU  - Luca Saponari
AU  - Joshua Wambugu
AU  - Joan Kawaka
AU  - Gildas Todinanahary
AU  - Anne Laudisoit
AU  - Lorna Slade
AU  - Nancy Ogega
AU  - David Ouma
AU  - Edward Senkondo
AU  - Masanja Joram
AU  - Hassan Yussuf
AU  - Joshua Oginda
AU  - Margaux Hein
AU  - Caitlin Lustic
AU  - Tali Vardi
AU  - Phanor Hernando Montoya Maya
AU  - Jessica Levy
AU  - Kristen Maize
AU  - Baruch Rinkevich
AU  - Arthur Tuda
AU  - George Maina
PY  - 2026
JO  - PLOS One
DO  - 10.1371/journal.pone.0348015
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Karisa, J. F., Farouk, O., Nazurally, N., Saponari, L., Wambugu, J., Kawaka, J., Todinanahary, G., Laudisoit, A., Slade, L., Ogega, N., Ouma, D., Senkondo, E., Joram, M., Yussuf, H., Oginda, J., Hein, M., Lustic, C., Vardi, T., Maya, P. H. M., Levy, J., Maize, K., Rinkevich, B., Tuda, A., & Maina, G. (2026). A review of coral reef restoration initiatives in the Western Indian Ocean Region. PLOS One. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0348015

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