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Increase in the extent of mass coral bleaching over the past half-century, based on an updated global database. [PDF]

PLoS One, 2023
The recurrence of mass coral bleaching and associated coral mortality in the past few decades have raised questions about the future of coral reef ecosystems.
Virgen-Urcelay A, Donner SD.
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A National Status Report on United States Coral Reefs Based on 2012–2018 Data From National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Coral Reef Monitoring Program

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Coral Reef Conservation Program supports the National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP) in the United States Pacific, Atlantic, Caribbean, and Gulf of Mexico.
Erica K. Towle, E. C. Donovan, H. Kelsey, M. Allen, H. Barkley, J. Blondeau, R. Brainard, Annie Carew, C. Couch, M. Dillard, C. Eakin, K. Edwards, Peter E. T. Edwards, I. Enochs, C. Fleming, Alexa Fries, E. Geiger, L. Grove, S. Groves, M. Gorstein, A. Heenan, Matthew W. Johnson, J. Kimball, Jennifer Koss, Tye L. Kindinger, Arielle S. Levine, D. Manzello, Nathan A. Miller, T. Oliver, J. Samson, D. Swanson, B. Vargas-Ángel, T. Viehman, I. Williams   +33 more
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Coral reef restoration efforts in Latin American countries and territories

PLoS ONE, 2020
Coral reefs worldwide are degrading due to climate change, overfishing, pollution, coastal development, bleaching and diseases. In areas where natural recovery is negligible or protection through management interventions insufficient, active restoration ...
E. Bayraktarov, A. Banaszak, Phanor Montoya Maya, J. Kleypas, J. Arias‐González, Macarena Blanco, Johanna Calle Triviño, Nufar Charuvi, Camilo Cortés Useche, Víctor Galván, Miguel A. García Salgado, Mariana Gnecco, Sergio D. Guendulain García, Edwin A. Hernández Delgado, José A. Marín Moraga, M. F. Maya, Sandra Mendoza Quiroz, Samantha Mercado Cervantes, Megan K. Morikawa, G. Nava, V. Pizarro, Rita I. Sellares-Blasco, Samuel E. Suleimán Ramos, Tatiana Villalobos Cubero, Maria F. Villalpando, S. Frias-Torres   +25 more
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Consequences of a Government-Controlled Agricultural Price Increase on Fishing and the Coral Reef Ecosystem in the Republic of Kiribati [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2014
Background Economic development policies may have important economic and ecological consequences beyond the sector they target. Understanding these consequences is important to improving these policies and finding opportunities to align economic ...
Sheila M.W. Reddy, Theodore Groves, Sriniketh Nagavarapu   +2 more
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Patterns in artisanal coral reef fisheries revealed through local monitoring efforts [PDF]

PeerJ, 2017
Sustainable fisheries management is key to restoring and maintaining ecological function and benefits to people, but it requires accurate information about patterns of resource use, particularly fishing pressure.
D. Delaney, L. Teneva, K. Stamoulis, J. Giddens, Haruko Koike, Tom K. Ogawa, A. Friedlander, John N. Kittinger   +7 more
semanticscholar   +3 more sources

Reef Fish Survey Techniques: Assessing the Potential for Standardizing Methodologies [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2016
Dramatic changes in populations of fishes living on coral reefs have been documented globally and, in response, the research community has initiated efforts to assess and monitor reef fish assemblages.
Z. Caldwell, B. Zgliczynski, Gareth J. Williams, S. Sandin   +3 more
semanticscholar   +2 more sources

Unveiling the Role of Dps in the Organization of Mycobacterial Nucleoid [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2011
In order to preserve genetic information in stress conditions, bacterial DNA is organized into higher order nucleoid structure. In this paper, with the help of Atomic Force Microscopy, we show the different structural changes in mycobacterial nucleoid at
P. Ghatak, K. Karmakar, Sanjay Kasetty, D. Chatterji   +3 more
semanticscholar   +2 more sources

A Report on the Artificial Reef Use in Grenada, West Indies

Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
Coral reef rehabilitation in the Caribbean is of major ecological and economic importance in the West Indies. Local organizations in Grenada constructed a cement pyramid artificial reef structure with rugosity (termed “The Pyramid”) and placed a number ...
Brianna LeFebre, Phil Saye, James S. Henkel   +2 more
semanticscholar   +3 more sources

High Resolution Orthomosaics of African Coral Reefs: A Tool for Wide-Scale Benthic Monitoring

Remote Sensing, 2017
Coral reefs play a key role in coastal protection and habitat provision. They are also well known for their recreational value. Attempts to protect these ecosystems have not successfully stopped large-scale degradation. Significant efforts have been made
M. Palma, M. Casado, U. Pantaleo, C. Cerrano   +3 more
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Social and ecological outcomes of conservation interventions in tropical coastal marine ecosystems: a systematic map protocol

Environmental Evidence, 2020
Background Tropical coastal marine ecosystems (TCMEs) are rich in biodiversity and provide many ecosystem services, including carbon storage, shoreline protection, and food.
Willa R. Brooks, Morgan E. Rudd, Samantha H. Cheng, B. Silliman, D. Gill, G. Ahmadia, Dominic A. Andradi-Brown, Louise Glew, L. Campbell   +8 more
semanticscholar   +3 more sources