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Status of coral reefs in Antigua & Barbuda: using data to inform management [PDF]

PeerJ, 2020
The nation of Antigua and Barbuda has experienced major degradation of its coral reef ecosystems over the past 40+ years. The primary drivers of this degradation are multiple and are highly linked to anthropogenic influences, including over-exploitation ...
Ruleo Camacho, Sophia Steele, Shanna Challenger, Mark Archibald   +3 more
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Conservation status and spatial patterns of AGRRA vitality indices in Southwestern Atlantic Reefs

Revista de Biología Tropical, 2010
Coral reefs along the Eastern Brazilian coast extend for a distance of 800km from 12° to 18°S. They are the largest and the richest reefs of Brazil coasts, and represent the Southernmost coral reefs of the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean.
Ruy K.P Kikuchi, Zelinda M.A.N Leão, Marília D.M Oliveira   +2 more
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A rapid spread of the stony coral tissue loss disease outbreak in the Mexican Caribbean [PDF]

PeerJ, 2019
Caribbean reef corals have experienced unprecedented declines from climate change, anthropogenic stressors and infectious diseases in recent decades. Since 2014, a highly lethal, new disease, called stony coral tissue loss disease, has impacted many reef-
Lorenzo Alvarez-Filip, Nuria Estrada-Saldívar, Esmeralda Pérez-Cervantes, Ana Molina-Hernández, Francisco J. González-Barrios   +4 more
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EVALUACIÓN AGRRA DEL BENTOS EN DIEZ SITIOS DE BUCEO DE “MARÍA LA GORDA”, BAHÍA DE CORRIENTES, CUBA.

Revista de Investigaciones Marinas, 2023
Se estudiaron 10 sitios de buceo de los arrecifes de “María la Gorda” en septiembre del 2004. Se aplicó la metodología AGRRA para evaluar el estado de salud de las comunidades de coral ubicadas entre 5 y 18 metros de profundidad.
Hansel Caballero, Sergio González-Ferrer, Dorka Cobián, Sergio Álvarez, Pedro Alcolado-Prieto   +4 more
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Applying coral breeding to reef restoration: best practices, knowledge gaps, and priority actions in a rapidly‐evolving field

Restoration Ecology, Volume 31, Issue 7, September 2023., 2023
Reversing coral reef decline requires reducing environmental threats while actively restoring reef ecological structure and function. A promising restoration approach uses coral breeding to boost natural recruitment and repopulate reefs with genetically diverse coral communities. Recent advances in predicting spawning, capturing spawn, culturing larvae,
Anastazia T. Banaszak, Kristen L. Marhaver, Margaret W. Miller, Aaron C. Hartmann, Rebecca Albright, Mary Hagedorn, Peter L. Harrison, Kelly R. W. Latijnhouwers, Sandra Mendoza Quiroz, Valeria Pizarro, Valérie F. Chamberland   +10 more
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Institutional amnesia pushes fish spawning aggregations towards extirpation

People and Nature, Volume 5, Issue 2, Page 489-495, April 2023., 2023
Abstract How institutions create and manage knowledge has been explored in the context of management and business science. However, little effort has been made to understand how, and why, these institutions forget what works or does not work, and no research in this field has been conducted in conservation or fisheries science.
Stuart Fulton
wiley   +1 more source

Co‐occurrence of herbivorous fish functional groups correlates with enhanced coral reef benthic state

Global Ecology and Biogeography, Volume 32, Issue 3, Page 435-449, March 2023., 2023
Abstract Aim Biodiversity loss is impacting essential ecosystem functions and services across the globe. Recently, our interest in the benefits of biodiversity for ecosystem function has shifted focus from measurements of species richness to functional diversity and composition.
Catherine E. Sheppard, Gareth J. Williams, Dan A. Exton, Sally A. Keith   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Functional divergence from ecological baselines on Caribbean coral reefs

Ecography, Volume 2022, Issue 3, March 2022., 2022
Understanding how emergent ecological assemblages have diverged from natural states is fundamental in predicting future functioning and services of ecosystems. Coral reefs are of particular concern due to their high susceptibility to anthropogenic stressors.
Sara M. Melo‐Merino, Andrés Lira‐Noriega, F. Javier González‐Barrios, Héctor Reyes‐Bonilla, Lorenzo Álvarez‐Filip   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Branqueamento de corais e outros cnidários bentônicos no costão rochoso da Praia do Forno (Arraial do Cabo, RJ) durante as anomalias térmicas das águas superficiais do oceano ocorridas nos meses de fevereiro e maio de 2019

Vértices, 2021
O presente estudo objetiva descrever as ocorrências de branqueamentos dos corais e de outros cnidários bentônicos no costão rochoso da Praia do Forno (Arraial do Cabo, RJ), observadas em fevereiro (verão) e maio (outono) de 2019, relacionando-as com ...
Laura de Azeredo Santos, Bárbara Castro Alves da Silva, Karina Cardoso Ramos Silva, Renan Costa dos Santos, Esterfani Melo de Sousa, Raquel de Azeredo Muniz, Amilcar Brum Barbosa   +6 more
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Comparison of Standard Caribbean Coral Reef Monitoring Protocols and Underwater Digital Photogrammetry to Characterize Hard Coral Species Composition, Abundance and Cover

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021
The precise assessing and monitoring of coral reefs are necessary to address and understand the threats and changes in coral communities. With the development of new technologies and algorithms for image processing, new protocols like underwater ...
Erick Barrera-Falcon, Erick Barrera-Falcon, Rodolfo Rioja-Nieto, Rodolfo Rioja-Nieto, Roberto C. Hernández-Landa, Edgar Torres-Irineo   +5 more
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