Percent of studies citing each category of AR conservation objective (n = 50 studies; 1 study was excluded because deployment date was unavailable) by deployment decade from 1960s to 2010s.

Numbers above bars indicate number of studies.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Emily Higgins (6407792), Anna Metaxas (236922), Robert E. Scheibling (2912432)
Format:	Still Image
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Published:	2022
Subjects:	Ecology Inorganic Chemistry Science Policy Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified mitigating environmental impacts commonly monitored taxa 35 ° latitude achieving objectives commonly last 2 decades accelerating coral decline poor ar design div >< p cultural purposes since providing nursery habitat meeting conservation objectives achieving conservation objectives coral reef decline scale bleaching events promoting local socio conserving target species address regional losses subtropical coral reefs cultural values also conservation </ p increasing coral cover coral nursery habitat increasing fish abundance 2 </ sup coral reef research 22 %) provision 1980s – 2000s nursery habitat coral cover target species cultural objectives reef conservation coral reefs increasing awareness 2 %) – 10s habitat quantity economic values ecological research ar deployment 27 %) artificial reefs western indo temporal patterns systematic review study duration source populations scientific literature reef restoration recruitment substrate pronounced shift north atlantic mostly likely moderately successful least successful global impact examined spatio community composition central indo attaining socio addressing socio 71 %) 53 %) 42 %) 31 %) 24 %) 16 %) 14 %) North Atlantic
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0261964.g006

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Summary:	Numbers above bars indicate number of studies.