"Sclerochronology encompasses a wide array of organisms within coral reef environments that secrete structures which reflect growth periodicities. These include, but are not limited to: corals, mollusks, fish and sclerosponges. The following description i...
"In late 2007 and mid-2008, two sobering reports appeared: one declared that one-third of all coral were at risk of extinction (Carpenter et al. 2008), making them the most endangered group of animals on the planet, and the other predicted that based on c...
"Coral reefs are the largest landforms built by plants and animals. Their study therefore incorporates a wide range of disciplines. This encyclopedia approaches coral reefs from an earth science perspective, concentrating especially on modern reefs. Curre...
An International Network of Coral Reef Ecosystem Observing Systems (I-CREOS)
"Coral reefs are complex, biologically diverse, and highly-valued ecosystems that are declining worldwide due to climate change and ocean acidification, overfishing, land-based sources of pollution, and other anthropogenic threats. To assist policy makers...
NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Integrated Observing System (CREIOS): A collaborative ecosystem-based observing system
"The United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP) Coral Reef Ecosystem Integrated Observing System (CREIOS) conducts mapping and monitoring of coral reefs, their biota, and their environments ...
"While there is often a perspective that hurricanes are only destructive and disastrous events, they also provide ecological benefits to tropical and sub-tropical environments. Rainfall gives a boost to wetlands and flushes out lagoons, removing waste and...
"Coral reef scientists and managers were fortunate to have an early warning system in place prior to the damaging events of 2005. This chapter is a log of events that occurred in the Caribbean during 2005 and is largely based on messages sent out, and sub...
Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary: Retrospective (1979-1995) reef fish assessment and a case for protected marine areas
Designating certain marine areas as 'protected' -- usually by officially naming them 'sanctuaries' or 'reserves' -- is a revolutionary resource-management tool used in mitigating habitat degradation and overfishing. In reserves, critical habitats are prot...
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