Biological Assessment of Coral Reefs in Southern Puerto Rico: A Technical Approach for Coral Reef Protection Under the U.S. Clean Water Act. [PDF]
Coast Manage, 2019 States and other jurisdictions may protect coral reefs using biological water quality standards outlined by the United States Clean Water Act (CWA). Such protection will require long-term, regional monitoring of the resource using biological indicators ...
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Hidden benefits and risks of partial protection for coral reef fisheries [PDF]
Ecology and Society, 2022 Partially protected areas are now the dominant global form of spatial management aimed at preserving ecosystem integrity and managing human use. However, most evaluations of their efficacy use only a narrow set of conservation indicators that reflect a ...
Patrick F. Smallhorn-West +8 more
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Tracing Failure of Coral Reef Protection in Nonstate Market-Driven Governance [PDF]
Global Environmental Politics, 2017 Institutional failure remains an important blind spot in the private governance literature. In this article we argue that a focus on scope conditions alone cannot explain why some programs thrive while others cease to exist. Studying the now-defunct Marine Aquarium Council—a certification program for coral reef protection—we adopt an institutional ...
Michael Bloomfield, Philip Schleifer
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Climate change disables coral bleaching protection on the Great Barrier Reef [PDF]
Science, 2016 Bleaching of the Great Barrier Reef The Australian Great Barrier Reef (GBR) is one of Earth's most extraordinary natural wonders, but it is vulnerable to climate change. Ainsworth et al. have tracked the effects of three decades of increasing heat stress on coral organisms.
Tracy D Ainsworth +2 more
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Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union, 2002 The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced the establishment on 13 November of the first U.S. zone to protect a sensitive coral reef area from potential damage by ships.The Florida Keys' Particularly Sensitive Sea Area, just one of a handful of such areas globally, has been designated by the International Maritime Organization, a ...
Randy Showstack
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IDENTIFYING AND STRUCTURING OBJECTIVES FOR A CORAL REEF PROTECTION PLAN AT THE U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY. [PDF]
J Coast Conserv, 2018 Region 2 of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency initiated a Coral Reef Protection Plan (CRPP) in 2014 to reduce anthropogenic stress on Caribbean coral reefs. The CRPP is intended to foster institutional practices that improve reef condition and focus regulatory and nonregulatory decision making on minimizing pollutant release to coastal systems ...
Carriger JF +3 more
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Ultraviolet radiation protection potentials of Methylene Blue for human skin and coral reef health [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2021 Methylene blue (MB) is a century-old medicine, a laboratory dye, and recently shown as a premier antioxidant that combats ROS-induced cellular aging in human skins.
Zheng‐Mei Xiong +5 more
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Species diversity of coral reef fishes around the West Island of Sanya City, South China Sea, based on environmental DNA [PDF]
Biodiversity Data Journal, 2022 West Island is the second largest island in the Hainan Province, China and its surrounding sea area has a well-preserved coral reef ecosystem and high species diversity of coral reef fishes.
Rui Xi +3 more
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Coral reef structural complexity provides important coastal protection from waves under rising sea levels [PDF]
Science Advances, 2018 If coral reefs continue to degrade, waves on coastlines may substantially increase, leading to greater coastal erosion. Coral reefs are diverse ecosystems that support millions of people worldwide by providing coastal protection from waves.
Daniel Harris +8 more
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From Citizen Science to Policy Development on the Coral Reefs of Jamaica [PDF]
International Journal of Zoology, 2012 This paper explores the application of citizen science to help generation of scientific data and capacity-building, and so underpin scientific ideas and policy development in the area of coral reef management, on the coral reefs of Jamaica. From 2000 to
M. James C. Crabbe
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