Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation
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Field Guide to Western Atlantic Coral Diseases This Field Guide to Western Atlantic Coral Diseases uses standardized nomenclature and diagnostic criteria for coral diseases developed by the Coral Disease and Health Consortium (CDHC). This involves a three-tiered approach to naming diseases and a …
Improving Restoration Approaches for Acropora palmata: Lessons from the Fortuna Reefer Grounding in Puerto Rico Detached Acropora palmata fragments (n=1857) generated by the M/V Fortuna Reefer grounding off Mona Island, Puerto Rico were secured to reef substrates or dead standing A. …
Population Dynamics and Life History Traits of Corallium Rubrum Populations: Implications for Sustainable Management and Trade Population demographics, especially density, abundance, size structure, and morphology (branching pattern), as well as certain life history traits (e.g. growth rates, reproductive strategy, and longevity), must …
Deep-Sea Coral Ecosystems of the United States Coral reefs are among the most spectacular ecosystems on the planet, supporting such rich biodiversity and high density of marine life that they have been referred to as the rainforests of the sea. The coral reefs that …
Rate and Extent of Decline in Corallium (Pink and Red Coral) Populations: Existing Data Meet the Requirements for a CITES Appendix II Listing In June 2007, the US government proposed Corallium (pink and red corals) for listing on Appendix II of …
Implications of Coral Harvest and Transplantation on Reefs in Northwestern Dominica In June, 2002, the government of Dominica requested assistance in evaluating the coral culture and transplantation activities being undertaken by Oceanographic Institute of Dominica (OID), a coral farm culturing both western …
Development of an Island Habitat Classification Scheme for the Amirante Islands, Seychelles A collaborative expedition between Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation, Cambridge Coastal Research Unit and Seychelles Centre for Marine Research and Technology – Marine Parks Authority (SCMRT-MPA) was …
Coral Reefs: Threats and Conservation in an Era of Global Change Coral reefs are iconic, threatened ecosystems that have been in existence for ∼500 million years, yet their continued ecological persistence seems doubtful at present. Anthropogenic modification of chemical and physical atmospheric …
Crawling to Collapse: Ecologically Unsound Ornamental Invertebrate Fisheries Background: Fishery management has historically been an inexact and reactionary discipline, often taking action only after a critical stock suffers overfishing or collapse. The invertebrate ornamental fishery in the State of Florida, with …
