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Description:
Title:
Coral Reef Resilience and Social Vulnerability to Climate Change: CNMI
Author(s):
Oliver, Thomas A.
Kleiber, Danika
Hospital, Justin
Maynard, Jeffrey
Tracey, Dieter
United States. National Marine Fisheries Service,
Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (U.S.)
United States, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
Coral Reef Conservation Program (U.S.)
Corporate Name:
United States. National Marine Fisheries Service,
Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (U.S.)
United States, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
Coral Reef Conservation Program (U.S.)
Dates of Publication:
2020
Abstract:
We present an analysis of exposure, resilience, and social vulnerability to climate change threats to the coral reefs of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), relative to the rest of the U.S. Pacific. We focus primarily on the increases in ocean temperatures and the impact of coral bleaching on CNMI’s coral reefs and the communities that depend on them. Ocean temperatures will rise across the region, with little potential for refuge areas from warming. There are, however, important differences in reefs’ resilience; the ability of a reef to resist or recover from the impacts of warming and continue to provide ecosystem goods and services. Our metrics of social vulnerability suggest that CNMI’s human populations may face challenges relative to the rest of the U.S. Pacific, especially from housing and personal disruption.
Keywords:
Climatic factors
Coral bleaching
Coral reefs and islands
Economic conditions
Monitoring
Ocean temperature
Resilience (Ecology)
Place Keywords:
Northern Mariana Islands
Pacific Ocean
Local Corporate Name:
NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service)
PIFSC (Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center)
CoRIS (Coral Reef Information System)
Type of Resource:
Miscellaneous
Genre:
PIFSC Special Publication ; SP-20-002c
Note:
We present an analysis of exposure, resilience, and social vulnerability to climate change threats to the coral reefs of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), relative to the rest of the U.S. Pacific. We focus primarily on the increases in ocean temperatures and the impact of coral bleaching on CNMI’s coral reefs and the communities that depend on them. Ocean temperatures will rise across the region, with little potential for refuge areas from warming. There are, however, important differences in reefs’ resilience; the ability of a reef to resist or recover from the impacts of warming and continue to provide ecosystem goods and services. Our metrics of social vulnerability suggest that CNMI’s human populations may face challenges relative to the rest of the U.S. Pacific, especially from housing and personal disruption.
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