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Peter Schuhmann, Ryan Skeete, Richard Waite, Prosper Bangwayo-Skeete, James Casey, Hazel A. Oxenford and David A. Gill
Seawater quality is critical for island and coastal communities dependent on coastal tourism. Improper management of coastal development and inland watersheds can decrease seawater quality and adversely impact marine life, human health, and economic grow...
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Elad Nehoray Rachmilovitz, Jacob Douek and Baruch Rinkevich
The successful management of coral reefs necessitates understanding the genetic characteristics of reefs? populations since levels of genetic diversity play a critical role in their resilience, enabling them to withstand environmental changes with greate...
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Kaitano Dube
Oceans play a vital role in socioeconomic and environmental development by supporting activities such as tourism, recreation, and food provision while providing important ecosystem services. However, concerns have been raised about the threat that climat...
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Marieke Lemmen, Robert C. Burns, Ross G. Andrew and Jasmine Cardozo Moreira
Marine sanctuaries serve as popular destinations for ecotourism, natural resource exploration, and recreation across the US. While often positive, visitation in marine and coastal areas can cause ecological threats to these ecosystems. Increased visitati...
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Agung Dwi Sutrisno, Yun-Ju Chen, I. Wayan Koko Suryawan and Chun-Hung Lee
The Coral Triangle region is facing negative impacts due to unbalanced carrying capacity and inappropriate public behavior, leading to unsustainable reef tourism. As a result, there has been increased awareness and preference for sustainable reef conserv...
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Saharsh Barve, Jody M. Webster and Rohitash Chandra
Environmental damage has been of much concern, particularly in coastal areas and the oceans, given climate change and the drastic effects of pollution and extreme climate events. Our present-day analytical capabilities, along with advancements in informa...
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Elad Nehoray Rachmilovitz, Omri Shabbat, Maayan Yerushalmy and Baruch Rinkevich
Accurate identification of scleractinian coral species is fundamental for proper biodiversity estimates, for aiding in efforts of reef monitoring, conservation, restoration, and for the management of coral reefs. Here, we provide the first DNA barcoding ...
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Marcela Montserrat Landero Figueroa, Miles J. G. Parsons, Benjamin J. Saunders and Iain M. Parnum
Spatially explicit information on coral fish species abundance and distribution is required for effective management. Nonextractive techniques, including echosounders and video census, can be particularly useful in marine reserves where the use of extrac...
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Guoqi Han, Jon Chamberlain, Colin Webber and Charles Hannah
The world?s largest living glass sponge reefs, located in the Hecate Strait and Queen Charlotte Sound off British Columbia, are impacted by bottom contact fishing gear. The existing Adaptive Management Zones (AMZs) for the protection of these reefs were ...
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Jianhua Kang, Hala F. Mohamed, Xinming Liu, Lulu Pei, Shuhong Huang, Xiangyuan Lin, Xinqing Zheng and Zhaohe Luo
Cyanobacteria occupy an extraordinarily diverse array of ecological niches in coral reefs because they play multifaceted roles, including primary carbon and nitrogen fixation, calcification, nutrient cycling, and oxygen production, as well as coral reef ...
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