Frontiers in Marine ScienceThe size structure of stony coral populations can reveal underlying demographic barriers to population growth or recovery. Recent declines in coral cover from acute disturbances are well documented, but few studies have assessed size structure and the ...
Nicholas P. Jones, David S. Gilliam
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Patterns in Southeast Florida Coral Reef Community Composition [PDF]
, 2008 The Southeast (SE) Florida coral reef system is the northern extension of the Florida reef tract. This high latitude system lies offshore a heavily populated and urbanized coast and therefore is affected by numerous environmental and anthropogenic ...
Dodge, Richard E. +3 more
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Characterization of Navassa National Wildlife Refuge: A preliminary report for NF-06-05 (NOAA ship "Nancy Foster", April 18-30, 2006) [PDF]
, 2006 Navassa is a small, undeveloped island in the Windward Passage between Jamaica and Haiti. It was designated a National Wildlife Refuge under the jurisdiction of the U.S.
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, 2017 Sessile scleractinian corals provide the three-dimensional structure of critically important coral reefs around the globe. Their ability to regenerate damaged tissue is of crucial importance to the long-term health and continued presence of the reef ecosystem as a whole.
Ryan A. Horricks
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Fish and Coral Reef Communities of the Parque Nacional Sistema Arrecifal Veracruzano (Veracruz Coral Reef System National Park) Veracruz, Mexico: Preliminary Results [PDF]
, 2007 Effective resource management requires robust baseline datasets and efficient monitoring programs to identify and quantify temporal change. The Parque Nacional Sistema Arrecifal Veracruzano (Veracruz Coral Reef System National Park) encompasses a total ...
Carvajal Hinojosa, Elvira +5 more
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The effects of disease lesions and amoxicillin treatment on the physiology of SCTLD-affected corals
Frontiers in Marine ScienceMetrics of coral physiology can be used to identify changes in coral health due to environmental stressors or management actions. One of the most unprecedented stressors to Caribbean corals is the spread of stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD), which ...
Karen L. Neely +2 more
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Tasa de calcificación y densidad esqueletal entre sexos de Montastraea cavernosa
, 2014 Montastraea cavernosa es una especie gonocórica y liberadora de gametos. Presenta una estrategia de crecimiento en densidad y es una de las principales especies constructoras de arrecifes en el Caribe Mexicano. Se colectaron seis colonias (dos machos y cuatro hembras) a 4.5 m de profundidad en el Parque Nacional Arrecife de Puerto Morelos, Quintana Roo
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Spatial and temporal patterns of coral bleaching around Buck Island Reef National Monument, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands [PDF]
, 2009 Since 2001, biannual fish and habitat monitoring has been conducted for the shallow (> 30 m), colonized pavement and gorgonian dominated Buck Island Reef National Monument (BIRNM) St. Croix, USVI and adjacent waters.
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Status of coral reef ecosystems in a marine managed area in St. Croix, USVI [poster] [PDF]
, 2008 This poster presents information on the status and trends of coral reef ecosystems in St. Croix, US Virgin Islands (USVI). Data were collected by NOAA’s Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment Biogeography Branch (CCMA-BB) from 2001-2006 at 1,275 ...
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Fish assemblages and benthic habitats of Buck Island Reef National Monument (St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands) and the surrounding seascape: A characterization of spatial and temporal patterns [PDF]
, 2008 Since 1999, NOAA’s Biogeography Branch of the Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment (CCMA-BB) has been working with federal and territorial partners to characterize, monitor, and assess the status of the marine environment around northeastern St.
Caldow, Chris +6 more
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