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Jordan
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The short coastline (27km) has fringing reefs along 50% the coast, with high coral diversity and associated fauna.
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Source:
Wilkinson, C.R. (Ed)
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2000
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Status of coral reefs of the world: 2000.
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Australian Institue of Marine Science, Cape Ferguson, Queensland, 363 p.
(See Document)
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Jordan
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The coral reefs on the short coastline (27 km) in the northern Gulf of Aqaba are in fairly good condition, with up to 80% living coral cover at the best sites. These cooler water reefs in the northern Gulf of Aqaba were not affected by the 1998 warming, however, the pressures from urban, industrial, port, and tourism developments are higher than anywhere else in the region. These pressures result in visible deterioration of coral reefs. Other threats include pollution and shipping, especially phosphate loading, COTS outbreaks and diseases from aquaculture. The Aqaba Coral Reef Protected Area at the Marine Station is the only MPA. Jordan recently revised its legal and regulatory framework, and implemented other measures to conserve the coral reefs, including establishing artificial reefs for divers.
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Source:
Kotb, M., M. Abdulaziz, Z. Al-Agwan, K. Alshaikh, H. Al-Yami, A. Banajah, L. Devantier, M. Eisinger, M. Eltayeb, M. Hassan, G. Heiss, S. Howe, J. Kemp, R. Klaus, F. Krupp, N. Mohamed, T. Rouphael, J. Turner and U. Zajonz
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2004
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Status of Coral Reefs in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden in 2004.
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p: 137-154 in C. Wilkinson (ed.). Status of coral reefs of the world: 2004. Volume 1. Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville, Queensland, Australia. 301 p.
(See Document)
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