Coral restoration for coastal resilience: Integrating ecology, hydrodynamics, and engineering at multiple scales

The loss of functional and accreting coral reefs reduces coastal protection resilience for tropical coastlines. Coral restoration has potential recovering healthy that can mitigate risks from hazards increase sustainability. However, scaling up to the large extent needed requires integrated application principles engineering, hydrodynamics, ecology across multiple spatial scales, as well filling missing knowledge gaps disciplines. This synthesis aims identify how scientific understanding multidisciplinary processes at interconnected scales advance reef restoration. work is placed within context a decision support framework evaluate design effectiveness resilience. Successfully linking science with practice will ensure future large-scale restorations maximize at-risk communities.