Liz Thompson
August 12, 2009
Coral Reefs: Threats and Conservation in an Era of Global Change Coral reefs are iconic, threatened ecosystems that have been in existence for âŒ500 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
Coral Health and Disease in the Pacific: Vision for Action âWe are studying arguably the most complicated ecosystem on the face of the Earth, and it is under serious threatâŠ..We have an incredibly important message, if this ecosystem dies, if
The KSLOF GIS Data Portal: Administrative and User Guide to the Portal The Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation (hereafter will be referred to as KSLOF), has been collecting and analyzing spatial data. Since its inception in 2000 as a
Reduced Density of the Herbivorous Urchin Diadema antillarum Inside a Caribbean Marine Reserve Linked to Increased Predation Pressure By Fishes Disease has dramatically reduced populations of the herbivorous urchin Diadema antillarum Philippi on Caribbean reefs, contributing to an increased abundance of macroalgae and
The idea of landscapes as shifting patch mosaics, structured by a range of biological and physical stochastic forces, is well suited to shallow tropical environments, where seagrass patches lie within a matrix of soft sediments or rocky substrates. The interaction of wave
Progress in Understanding Coral Diseases in the Caribbean Coral disease research in the Caribbean initiated in 1972 with the discovery of black band disease (BDD) by Dr. Arnfred Antonius. Since this time, there has been an expansion in the number of researchers
Proceedings of the First International Workshop on Corallium Science, Management, and Trade. Corallium has been intensively harvested for centuries, and both landings and population data provide strong evidence that most commercially viable Corallium beds are now depleted. Long term trends in landings from
Ten Years of Change to Coral Communities Off Mona and Desecheo Islands, Puerto Rico, From Disease and Bleaching Remote reefs off southwest Puerto Rico have experienced recent losses in live coral cover of 30 to 80%, primarily due to the