Coto, D.

Study: Carib reefs need parrotfish, sea urchins

2014

Associated Press

"Colorful parrotfish and spindly sea urchins are the key to saving the Caribbean's coral reefs, which may disappear in two decades if no action is taken, a report by several international organizations said Wednesday. Interview with Mark Eakin, among others, discussing the report issued by the International Union for Conservation of Nature with the United Nations Environment Program and the Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network. He states said the report understates the impact of ocean warming. "It's something that I would say they overlook in their studies," said Eakin, who contributed to the report but was not directly involved in it. "We really need to deal with climate change.""

National Coral Reef Monitoring Plan (NCRMP); climatic monitoring

FY2014 CRCP Project ID 743; Project Title: National Coral Reef Monitoring Plan (NCRMP) Implementation (Climatic Monitoring); Principal Investigator: Jessica Morgan