Widespread local chronic stressors in Caribbean coastal habitats. [PDF]
Coastal ecosystems and the livelihoods they support are threatened by stressors acting at global and local scales. Here we used the data produced by the Caribbean Coastal Marine Productivity program (CARICOMP), the longest, largest monitoring program in ...
Iliana Chollett +24 more
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Switching between standard coral reef benthic monitoring protocols is complicated: proof of concept [PDF]
Monitoring the state of coral reefs is necessary to identify drivers of change and assess effectiveness of management actions. There are several widely-used survey methods, each of which is likely to exhibit different biases that should be quantified if ...
Henri Vallès +2 more
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The CARICOMP Network of Caribbean Marine Laboratories (1985–2007): History, Key Findings, and Lessons Learned [PDF]
Caribbean Coastal Marine Productivity (CARICOMP) was a basin-wide cooperative, international network of marine laboratories established in 1985. Recognizing major trends of change in coastal ecosystems and the importance of the linkages among them, our ...
Jorge Cortés +6 more
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Caribbean-wide, long-term study of seagrass beds reveals local variations, shifts in community structure and occasional collapse. [PDF]
The CARICOMP monitoring network gathered standardized data from 52 seagrass sampling stations at 22 sites (mostly Thalassia testudinum-dominated beds in reef systems) across the Wider Caribbean twice a year over the period 1993 to 2007 (and in some cases
Brigitta I van Tussenbroek +14 more
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Monitoring coral reefs, seagrasses and mangroves in Costa Rica (CARICOMP)
The coral reefs, seagrasses and mangroves from the Costa Rican Caribbean coast have been monitored since 1999 using the CARICOMP protocol. Live coral cover at Meager Shoal reef bank (7 to 10m depth) at the Parque Nacional Cahuita (National Park ...
Jorge Cortés +7 more
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Environmental state and tendencies of the Puerto Morelos CARICOMP site, Mexico
The CARICOMP site at Puerto Morelos, Mexico was monitored from 1993 to 2005. No significant changes in air temperature, wind patterns, periodicity and quantity of rainfall, sea-surface temperature and water transparency were observed between sampling ...
Rosa E Rodríguez-Martínez +6 more
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The Jamaican CARICOMP Site: using a temporal data set to assist in managing coastal resources
Discovery Bay is one of nine sites around Jamaica’s coastline, soon to gain the legislative protection of Fish Sanctuary (and Scientific Reserve) status. Cumulative natural and anthropogenic impacts drove the 1980’s coral to algae phase shift.
Peter Gayle +3 more
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Decadal increase in seagrass biomass and temperature at the CARICOMP site in Bocas del Toro, Panama
The Caribbean Coastal Marine Productivity Program (CARICOMP) was launched in 1993 to study regional long-term interactions between land and sea, taking standardized measurements of productivity and biomass of mangroves, coral reefs and seagrasses.
Jorge M. López-Calderón +3 more
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Few monitoring programs have simultaneously assessed the dynamics of linked marine ecosystems (coral reefs, seagrass beds and mangroves) to document their temporal and spatial variability.
Alberto Rodríguez-Ramírez +9 more
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Conservation status, research, and knowledge of seagrass habitats in World Heritage properties
This study assesses the relative importance of seagrass habitats toward the values of World Heritage properties and reviews the current knowledge about the conservation status, threats, monitoring, and management of seagrass habitats within WH properties. We highlight the lack of research, monitoring, reporting, and management instrument addressing the
Riccardo Losciale, Jon Day, Scott Heron
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