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New protection initiatives announced for coral reefs [PDF]
Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union, 2000 Off the coasts of some of the South Pacific's most idyllic‐sounding atolls, Austin Bowden‐Kerby has seen first‐hand the heavy damage to coral reefs from dynamite and cyanide fishing. For instance, while snorkeling near Chuuk, an island in Micronesia, he has observed craters and rubble beds of coral, which locals have told him date to World War II ...
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Oak Foundation Belize: Annual Summary Report 2012 [PDF]
, 2013 In 2006 Oak Foundation developed a ten-year strategic plan that guides its grant-making in Belize and the wider Mesoamerica region. The purpose of this report is to provide a detailed description of regional grantmaking in 2012 and inform on the progress
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Distance from a fishing community explains fish abundance in a no-take zone with weak compliance [PDF]
, 2015 There are numerous examples of no-take marine reserves effectively conserving fish stocks within their boundaries. However, no-take reserves can be rendered ineffective and turned into ‘paper parks’ through poor compliance and weak enforcement of reserve
Advani, Sahir +4 more
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Expert‐led priorities for a response diversity research agenda in ecology
Oikos, EarlyView.Response diversity describes variation in ecological responses to environmental change. Response diversity is expected to drive ecological stability since a wider variety of responses to one or more environmental factors should stabilise fluctuations of ecosystem functions. However, uptake of empirical response diversity research has been slow. Here we
Samuel R. P.‐J. Ross +7 more
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Abrolhos bank reef health evaluated by means of water quality, microbial diversity, benthic cover, and fish biomass data. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 The health of the coral reefs of the Abrolhos Bank (Southwestern Atlantic) was characterized with a holistic approach using measurements of four ecosystem components: (i) inorganic and organic nutrient concentrations, [1] fish biomass, [1] macroalgal and
Thiago Bruce +14 more
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Breaking down seagrass fragmentation in a marine heatwave impacted World Heritage Area
Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, EarlyView.Habitat fragmentation can exacerbate the impacts of habitat loss but is rarely quantified in marine environments. Using satellite‐derived habitat maps, we identify widespread seagrass fragmentation following a marine heatwave that contributed to a dramatic shift in seascape structure in the Shark Bay World Heritage Area.
Michael D. Taylor +4 more
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Frontiers in Marine Science, 2020 Protection of vulnerable marine ecosystems (VME) is a critical goal for marine conservation. Yet, in many deep-sea settings, where quantitative data are typically sparse, it is challenging to correctly identify the location and size of VMEs.
Alan Williams +11 more
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Expanding marine protected areas to include degraded coral reefs
Conservation Biology, 2016 Abstract Marine protected areas (MPAs) are a commonly applied solution to coral reef degradation, yet coral reefs continue to decline worldwide. We argue that expanding the range of MPAs to include degraded reefs (DR‐MPA) could help reverse this trend.
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TOWARD PRISTINE BIOMASS: REEF FISH RECOVERY IN CORAL REEF MARINE PROTECTED AREAS IN KENYA [PDF]
Ecological Applications, 2007 Identifying the rates of recovery of fish in no-take areas is fundamental to designing protected area networks, managing fisheries, estimating yields, identifying ecological interactions, and informing stakeholders about the outcomes of this management.
McClanahan TR +3 more
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Reefs at Risk: A Map-Based Indicator of Threats to the Worlds Coral Reefs [PDF]
, 1998 This report presents the first-ever detailed, map-based assessment of potential threats to coral reef ecosystems around the world. "Reefs at Risk" draws on 14 data sets (including maps of land cover, ports, settle-ments, and shipping lanes), information ...
Alan White +28 more
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