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

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.
Alejandra Virgen-Urcelay, Simon D. Donner   +1 more
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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. Caroline Donovan, Heath Kelsey, Mary E. Allen, Hannah Barkley, Jeremiah Blondeau, Russell E. Brainard, Annie Carew, Courtney S. Couch, Maria K. Dillard, C. Mark Eakin, Kimberly Edwards, Peter E. T. Edwards, Ian C. Enochs, Chloe S. Fleming, Alexandra S. Fries, Erick F. Geiger, Laura Jay Grove, Sarah H. Groves, Matthew Gorstein, Adel Heenan, Matthew W. Johnson, Justine Kimball, Jennifer L. Koss, Tye Kindinger, Arielle Levine, Derek P. Manzello, Nathan Miller, Thomas Oliver, Jennifer C. Samson, Dione Swanson, Bernardo Vargas-Ángel, T. Shay Viehman, Ivor D. Williams   +33 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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Assisted Coral Reproduction in the Dominican Republic: A Successful Story to Replicate in the Caribbean

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021
Coral assisted fertilization, larval rearing and recruit propagation success in significant ecological scales, largely depend on scaling up and replicating these efforts in as many regions as possible.
Rita I. Sellares-Blasco, Maria F. Villalpando, Sergio D. Guendulain-García, Aldo Croquer, Aldo Croquer   +4 more
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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
Payel Ghatak, Kajari Karmakar, Sanjay Kasetty, Dipankar Chatterji   +3 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, coral bleaching, and diseases. In areas where the natural recovery of an ecosystem is negligible or protection through management interventions ...
Elisa Bayraktarov, Anastazia T Banaszak, Phanor Montoya Maya, Joanie Kleypas, Jesús E Arias-González, Macarena Blanco, Johanna Calle-Triviño, Nufar Charuvi, Camilo Cortés-Useche, Victor Galván, Miguel A García Salgado, Mariana Gnecco, Sergio D Guendulain-García, Edwin A Hernández Delgado, José A Marín Moraga, María Fernanda Maya, Sandra Mendoza Quiroz, Samantha Mercado Cervantes, Megan Morikawa, Gabriela Nava, Valeria Pizarro, Rita I Sellares-Blasco, Samuel E Suleimán Ramos, Tatiana Villalobos Cubero, María F Villalpando, Sarah Frías-Torres   +25 more
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Legal Cooperation in the ASEAN Maritime Environment in the Free Trade Era: Its Implication for Indonesia

Hasanuddin Law Review, 2022
For the past 30 years, an estimated 50 percent of the coral reef population has declined as a result of overfishing, pollution, coastal development, and climate change.
Idris Idris, Arfin Sudirman, Mursal Maulana, Amanda Yola   +3 more
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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.
Zachary R Caldwell, Brian J Zgliczynski, Gareth J Williams, Stuart A Sandin   +3 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.
David G. Delaney, Lida T. Teneva, Kostantinos A. Stamoulis, Jonatha L. Giddens, Haruko Koike, Tom Ogawa, Alan M. Friedlander, John N. Kittinger   +7 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, Brian R. Silliman, David A. Gill, Gabby N. Ahmadia, Dominic A. Andradi-Brown, Louise Glew, Lisa M. Campbell   +8 more
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