result the negative impacts on coral reefs mangroves and seagrass beds have been considerable global coverage of seagrass beds has declined by almost a third in 100 years and at least a quarter of the historical mangrove cover has been lost
Scuba diver behaviour and the management of diving impacts on coral reefs
... growth, the percentage cover of branching corals in Bonaire increased by 8.2% in heavily dived areas, at the expense of slower growing corals Certain dive and diver characteristics have also been linked ... all contacts made by divers were noted as was the number of minutes into the dive, what part of the diver was involved in the contact, whether it was intentional or unintentional, and what part ... group or not and (12) whether diver read articles on marine life or not; and the number of contacts minÀ1 and coral breakages minÀ1 excluding Anse Chastanet Contact rates at remaining sites with...
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Climate change impacts on coral reefs: Synergies with local effects, possibilities for acclimation, and management implications
... global climate, this increase in CO2 is also resulting in reduced ocean pH, carbonate ion concentration and calcium carbonate saturation state, leading to increased carbonate dissolution in the ... seawater Ocean acidification represents a direct threat to corals and other calcified reef organisms as they require aragonite supersaturated waters for calcification, and increased bi-carbonate ... synergistic (Langdon and Atkinson, 2005) Most observations suggest that ocean acidification reduces calcification rate independently of temperature and bleaching, and calcification reduces with increasing...
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Human impacts on coral reefs
... impact on the coral reef habitat A majority of the problems threatening coral reefs in Hawai‘i are the direct (and indirect) result of human activities on land, and in the marine environment Marine ... flats can cause siltation and smother the corals N Natural predators, such as crown of thorns and parrotfish, eat the corals H Snorkelers and divers can damage the reef by hitting the corals ... Put an N next to the natural threats, and an H next to the human threats Marine debris can impact coral reef habitats Construction near reef flats can cause siltation and smother the corals...
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Economic Values of Coral Reefs, Mangroves, and Seagrasses A Global Compilation 2008
... the needs and aspirations of current and future generations NOAA The mission of the United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is to understand and predict changes in ... International’s Marine Management Area Science Program has produced Coral Reefs, Mangroves and Seagrass Economic Values: A Global Compilation,” in cooperation with The Ocean Foundation’s Coastal ... Conservation International 2008 Economic Values of Coral Reefs, Mangroves, and Seagrasses: A Global Compilation Center for Applied Biodiversity Science, Conservation International, Arlington, VA, USA Photos:...
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DSpace at VNU: Identifying and minimizing the negative socio-economical impacts on coral in Vinh Hai - Ninh Thuan province
... Dam Nai shrimp field About oil film, the fishermen explained that related to marine transportation in and out of Cam Ranh Bay Sometime, fishermen met accumulations of cianur (CN) bottles Aoating ... present and future generations - Cause bvoverfishing and use of illegal catching techniques foryears, coral reefs and reef related species in Vinh Hai gradually degraded, although the current status ... grading coral resource management Official Dispatch 30/CV/TS (1999) of Ninh Thuan Department of Fishery (DOF) on coral exploitation at Son Hai coast 88.9% Official Dispatch to CV/TS (1999) of...
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Assessing the impact on biodiversity of Ho Chi Minh route through the Ngoc Linh Protected Area and propose solutions to minimize negative impacts on the conservation area
... selected anurans Vanderbilt Univ Nashville, TN 37 Forman R T T., and A M Hersperger (1996), Road ecology and road density in different landscapes with international planning and mitigation solutions ... Transportation, Tallahassee 38 Forman, R T T., and L E Alexander (1998), Roads and their major ecological effects Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 29: 207-231 39 Lenore Fahrig and Trina Rytwinski ... solutions Pages 1-22 in G L Evink, P Garrett, D Zeigler and J Berry, editors Trends in addressing transportation related wildlife mortalitv Publication FL-ER-58-96 Florida Department of Transportation,...
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Regional Food Hub Resource Guide: Food hub impacts on regional food systems, and the resources available to support their growth and development pdf
... Sources of Funding from Foundations and Nonprofits As one might imagine, there are many more small foundations than large, national-scale foundations Smaller foundations and family trusts often have ... CDFI Coalition89 for a list of certified CDFIs by State and by type The site also contains a searchable award database In addition to these loan programs, there are other regional or innovative ... buyers and sellers to introduce themselves to each other and initiate conversations that may lead to business transactions, the actual transactions themselves not take place on the electronic platform...
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Báo cáo hóa học: " A Korean version of the Oral Impacts on Daily Performances (OIDP) scale in elderly populations: Validity, reliability and prevalence" potx
... design of the study, acquisition of data, analysis and interpretation of data, and drafting the manuscript JIR participated in a conception and designing of the study, analysis and interpretation of ... interpretation of the data, and drafting the manuscript GT advised on the study design and analysis and participated in the interpretation of the data and discussion of the findings AS advised on the study ... design and analysis and participated in the interpretation of the data and discussion of the findings All authors read and approved the final manuscript Acknowledgements The authors acknowledge the...
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OCEANOGRAPHIC PROCESSES OF CORAL REEFS: Physical and Biological Links in the Great Barrier Reef - Chapter 1 docx
... adopted on land and on water, without adequate consideration of their long-term adverse impacts on natural habitats, populations, and interactive systems Environmental Impact Assessments have been ... northeast coast of Australia and represents one of the major tourist attractions of neighbouring mainland Queensland, and of Australia However, the messages conveyed in these presentations are ... willing to negate the claims of another, so that the media and the decision-makers are left in doubt as to the security of the information they are receiving Yet we have a more secure information...
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OCEANOGRAPHIC PROCESSES OF CORAL REEFS: Physical and Biological Links in the Great Barrier Reef - Chapter 2 pptx
... quality by generating stagnation and aeration zones In the dry season all the freshwater from riverine inflow evaporates; a salinity maximum zone exists isolating the upstream mangroves from the ... recruitment of prawn larvae spawned offshore The mangroves appear vital to the maintenance of prawn fisheries Wolanski et al conclude that the water circulation in mangroves and their coastal water profoundly ... draining watersheds larger than 10 km2 are the most profitable target areas in the efforts promoting natural and artificial colonization of Rhizophora apiculata FRINGING CORALS The relative cover...
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OCEANOGRAPHIC PROCESSES OF CORAL REEFS: Physical and Biological Links in the Great Barrier Reef - Chapter 3 docx
... estuary, have been reduced by approximately 78% There have also been significant reductions in other wetland categories, including a 64% reduction in palm- and pandanus-dominated wetlands and a ... fertiliser management CONCLUSIONS In this chapter we have demonstrated that concerns relating to the conversion of vegetation and particularly the decline in riparian and wetland resources in catchments ... demonstrated that the magnitude of the tasks facing policymakers and resource managers in catchments adjacent to the GBRMP, in terms of the way in which they manage riparian and wetland areas in...
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OCEANOGRAPHIC PROCESSES OF CORAL REEFS: Physical and Biological Links in the Great Barrier Reef - Chapter 4 pot
... Average rainfall calculated by overlaying basin boundaries on the long-term isohyet map Basin areas, gauged runoff (1968–1994), and rainfall data obtained from the Queensland Department of Natural ... variety of vegetation types and land uses occur in these basins In areas of high rainfall, particularly between 15 and 18°S, rainforest and wet coastal forests originally predominated A considerable ... nitrate) concentrations at Yamani Falls and Ingham are greatest during low-flow periods, suggesting that lateral inputs of nitrate-rich groundwater are a significant source of this nitrate Similar...
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OCEANOGRAPHIC PROCESSES OF CORAL REEFS: Physical and Biological Links in the Great Barrier Reef - Chapter 7 ppsx
... climate for the remaining seagrass stands results At Cape Bolinao, northwestern Philippines, the depth penetration of the mixed seagrass beds declined systematically with increasing siltation (Bach, ... rate than at other, less favorable times of the year (Duarte et al., 1994) It is probable that the capacity of seagrasses to respond to burial may also be seasonal, and off-season siltation may ... bringing about the elevated amino acid content in the plants 13 In response to shading and increased water depth, the carbon isotope ratio ( C) of H pinifolia leaves became more negative (Abal,...
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OCEANOGRAPHIC PROCESSES OF CORAL REEFS: Physical and Biological Links in the Great Barrier Reef - Chapter 8 doc
... caused by the human impact are intrinsically confounded by the often much larger changes caused by the natural events LARGE-SCALE AND LONG-TERM CHANGES: INTEGRATION OF HUMAN IMPACTS AND NATURAL ... low in coral (20%) and high in algae (80%), but rapidly equilibrate to the final conditions (~80% coral and 20% algal cover) ANIMATION Trajectories of coral and algal abundance with the same (oligotrophic) ... (or bars) In the final animation, the glyphs are superimposed on a three-dimensional chart of the central GBR Visualisation of the data and bathymetry was performed using OpenDX (formerly Data Explorer),...
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OCEANOGRAPHIC PROCESSES OF CORAL REEFS: Physical and Biological Links in the Great Barrier Reef - Chapter 9 potx
... GBR on reefs located 30 to 40% across the shelf The spatial model explained only 21% of the variation in hard coral cover, and sedimentation and visibility did not explain additional variation ... variation was explained by sedimentation alone; Figure 4) The pattern in richness of zooxanthellate taxa largely matched that of the richness of all taxa (Figure 5), as was expected since 28 of ... improve the analysis and graphical representation of the spatial patterns, the latitude/longitude data were converted into relative distance across and along the GBR (Figure 2) Relative distance across...
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OCEANOGRAPHIC PROCESSES OF CORAL REEFS: Physical and Biological Links in the Great Barrier Reef - Chapter 10 pdf
... the continental islands of Cleveland Bay and Halifax Bay Animation shows that the second peak in the flood occurred during NE winds On day 37, Upstart Bay was almost completely freshwater at the ... season (m3/s) starting from January 1, 1981 and the asterisk indicates the flow rate at the time The wind vector represents the wind speed and direction at each time ANIMATION Same as Animation ... Oceanographic Processes of Coral Reefs The unpredictable nature of rainfall and runoff events, and the unsteadiness and patchiness of the resulting plume intrusions in a complex region such as the...
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OCEANOGRAPHIC PROCESSES OF CORAL REEFS: Physical and Biological Links in the Great Barrier Reef - Chapter 11 potx
... with the GBRWHA occurs at between-ocean scales, in the case of migrations by humpback whales (Megaptera novaehollandiae) and other cetaceans, seabirds, black marlin (Makaira indica), and sea turtles ... proximate and adaptive explanations Bioscience 46, 512 –517 Preen, A 1995 Impacts of dugong foraging on seagrass habitats: observational and experimental evidence for cultivation grazing Marine ... freshwater lagoons and swamps, salt-flats, marshes, and mangroves are buffered from sea waves and wind disturbance by dunes and beach ridges, estuaries, and semienclosed bays bearing headlands...
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OCEANOGRAPHIC PROCESSES OF CORAL REEFS: Physical and Biological Links in the Great Barrier Reef - Chapter 12 pot
... (Figures 1a and b) Notable features of this area include a large input of discards from the prawn trawl fishery, the seasonal variation in rainfall (the monsoonal “wet”), and the inter-reef–associated ... fish” have a negative impact on the biomass of each of the prawn species The net result appears to be a sustainable harvest, at least for the target species The ECOSYM simulations indicated that after ... with the trawl bycatch was included in the “Fleet” fishing component of the model In the absence of hard data these catches could only be approximated The catch rate of each species in the GBR...
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OCEANOGRAPHIC PROCESSES OF CORAL REEFS: Physical and Biological Links in the Great Barrier Reef - Chapter 13 pptx
... abundant at stations A, B, and Although there was some temporal variation in catch rates, the spatial distribution pattern remained fairly consistent (Animation 1) Apogonids and Gobies had similar ... concentrations at southern stations in January; low catch rates at western and more exposed northern stations in November; and elevated catches at stations 16 and 17 on the western side in January ... dominated the two near-reef groups, Apogonids and Gobies occurred in relatively large numbers only at station A, and P arafuensis dominated the early evening, far-grid group The catch rate at station...
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OCEANOGRAPHIC PROCESSES OF CORAL REEFS: Physical and Biological Links in the Great Barrier Reef - Chapter 14 pptx
... cycle ANIMATION Visualisation of the plume of waterborne tracers released upstream of Old Reef at neap tides, no wind ANIMATION Visualisation of the plume of waterborne tracers released upstream of ... area shown in Figure is a subset of this figure ANIMATION Three-dimensional visualisation of the measured currents at the mooring sites during neap tides and calm weather The red arrows indicate ... RESULTS The CTD data show vertically well-mixed conditions in salinity and temperature Two days of current data are shown in Animations and for, respectively, neap and spring tides As noted also...
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