Patterns of Coral Reef Development in the Negril Marine Park

The Great Barrier Reef is the largest coral reef system in the world. It is recognised and appreciated worldwide as a unique environment and for this reason has been inscribed on the World Heritage List. The Reef is economically-important to Queensland and Australia, supporting substantial tourism and fishing industries. Management of the Great Barrier Reef to ensure conservation of its natural qualities in perpetuity is achieved through the establishment of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. The maintenance of water quality to protect the reef and the industries which depend on it is becoming an increasingly important management issue requiring better knowledge and possibly new standards of treatment and discharge.

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A Fuzzy Logic Model to Predict Coral Reef Development under Nutrient and Sediment Stress

Conservation Biology ◽

10.1046/j.1523-1739.1998.96421.x ◽

1998 ◽

Vol 12 (5) ◽

pp. 957-965 ◽

Cited By ~ 41

Author(s):

Erik H. Meesters ◽

Rolf P. M. Bak ◽

Susie Westmacott ◽

Mark Ridgley ◽

Steve Dollar

Keyword(s):

Fuzzy Logic ◽

Coral Reef ◽

Logic Model ◽

Reef Development ◽

Fuzzy Logic Model

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Online-coupling of widely-ranged timescales to model coral reef development

Environmental Modelling & Software ◽

10.1016/j.envsoft.2021.105103 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 105103

Author(s):

Gijs G. Hendrickx ◽

Peter M.J. Herman ◽

Jasper T. Dijkstra ◽

Curt D. Storlazzi ◽

Lauren T. Toth

Keyword(s):

Coral Reef ◽

Reef Development

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Community-Based Water Quality and Coral Reef Monitoring in the Negril Marine Park, Jamaica

The Everglades, Florida Bay, and Coral Reefs of the Florida Keys ◽

10.1201/9781420039412-42 ◽

2001 ◽

Author(s):

Brian Lapointe ◽

Katy Thacker

Keyword(s):

Water Quality ◽

Coral Reef ◽

Community Based ◽

Marine Park ◽

Reef Monitoring

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El Niño and Coral Reef Development in the Galápagos Islands

Topics in Geobiology - Galápagos Marine Invertebrates ◽

10.1007/978-1-4899-0646-5_5 ◽

1991 ◽

pp. 99-120 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Mitchell W. Colgan

Keyword(s):

Coral Reef ◽

El Niño ◽

El Nino ◽

Galapagos Islands ◽

Galápagos Islands ◽

Reef Development

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Assessing the impacts of phosphate mining on coral reef communities and reef development

The Science of The Total Environment ◽

10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.07.139 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 692 ◽

pp. 1257-1266 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Daniel F. Martinez-Escobar ◽

Jennie Mallela

Keyword(s):

Coral Reef ◽

Phosphate Mining ◽

Reef Development ◽

Reef Communities ◽

Coral Reef Communities

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Declining abundance of coral reef fish in a World-Heritage-listed marine park

Scientific Reports ◽

10.1038/s41598-019-52016-9 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 9 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Mathew A. Vanderklift ◽

Russell C. Babcock ◽

Fabio Boschetti ◽

Michael D. E. Haywood ◽

Richard D. Pillans ◽

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Keyword(s):

Coral Reef ◽

Protected Areas ◽

Reef Fish ◽

Coral Reef Fish ◽

Temporal Trends ◽

World Heritage ◽

Hard Coral ◽

Absolute Abundance ◽

Marine Park ◽

Recreation Zone

Abstract One of the most robust metrics for assessing the effectiveness of protected areas is the temporal trend in the abundance of the species they are designed to protect. We surveyed coral-reef fish and living hard coral in and adjacent to a sanctuary zone (SZ: where all forms of fishing are prohibited) in the World Heritage-listed Ningaloo Marine Park during a 10-year period. There were generally more individuals and greater biomass of many fish taxa (especially emperors and parrotfish) in the SZ than the adjacent recreation zone (RZ: where recreational fishing is allowed) — so log response ratios of abundance were usually positive in each year. However, despite this, there was an overall decrease in both SZ and RZ in absolute abundance of some taxa by up to 22% per year, including taxa that are explicitly targeted (emperors) by fishers and taxa that are neither targeted nor frequently captured (most wrasses and butterflyfish). A concomitant decline in the abundance (measured as percentage cover) of living hard coral of 1–7% per year is a plausible explanation for the declining abundance of butterflyfish, but declines in emperors might be more plausibly due to fishing. Our study highlights that information on temporal trends in absolute abundance is needed to assess whether the goals of protected areas are being met: in our study, patterns in absolute abundance across ten years of surveys revealed trends that simple ratios of abundance did not.

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Great Barrier Reef

10.1071/9780643098275 ◽

2008 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Mike Kingsford ◽

Ove Hoegh-Guldberg

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Coral Reef ◽

Great Barrier Reef ◽

Coral Disease ◽

Barrier Reef ◽

Physical Processes ◽

Marine Park ◽

The World ◽

The Common ◽

International Experts

The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park is 344 400 square kilometres in size and is home to one of the most diverse ecosystems in the world. This comprehensive guide describes the organisms and ecosystems of the Great Barrier Reef, as well as the biological, chemical and physical processes that influence them. Contemporary pressing issues such as climate change, coral bleaching, coral disease and the challenges of coral reef fisheries are also discussed. In addition,the book includes a field guide that will help people to identify the common animals and plants on the reef, then to delve into the book to learn more about the roles the biota play. Beautifully illustrated and with contributions from 33 international experts, The Great Barrier Reef is a must-read for the interested reef tourist, student, researcher and environmental manager. While it has an Australian focus, it can equally be used as a baseline text for most Indo-Pacific coral reefs. Winner of a Whitley Certificate of Commendation for 2009.

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