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Bouchon, C., P. Portillo, Y. Bouchon-Navaro, M. Loius, P. Hoetjes, K. De Meyer, D. Macrae, H. Armstrong, V. Datadin, S. Harding, J. Mallela, R. Parkinson, J-W. Van Bochove, D. Lirman, J, Herlan, A. Baker, L. Collado and S.C. Isaac.,
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Status of Coral Reef Resources of the Lesser Antilles: The French West Indies, The Netherlands Antilles, Anguilla, Antigua, Grenada, Trinidad and Tobago
In: Wilkinson, C. (ed.). Status of Coral Reefs of the World: 2008. Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network and Reef and Rainforest Research Center, Townsville, Australia. p265-280.
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27198
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Bouchon, C., P. Portillo, Y. Bouchon-Navaro, M. Loius, P. Hoetjes, K. De Meyer, D. Macrae, H. Armstrong, V. Datadin, S. Harding, J. Mallela, R. Parkinson, J-W. Van Bochove, D. Lirman, J, Herlan, A. Baker, L. Collado and S.C. Isaac.
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2008
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Status of Coral Reef Resources of the Lesser Antilles: The French West Indies, The Netherlands Antilles, Anguilla, Antigua, Grenada, Trinidad and Tobago
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In: Wilkinson, C. (ed.). Status of Coral Reefs of the World: 2008. Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network and Reef and Rainforest Research Center, Townsville, Australia. p265-280.
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GCRMN, coral reef monitoring, management, resources, status reports
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Abstract
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The marine environments of these small and predominantly mountainous islands are all threatened by similar stressors: sediment runoff from the steep volcanic slopes; rapid development, particularly from the tourism sector; nutrient pollution from inadequately treated wastes and excessive use of fertilizers; over-fishing, especially from subsistence fishers; hurricanes and storms; and particularly climate change related coral bleaching and disease.
The coral reefs remained relatively healthy until the early 1980s, but since then coral cover has been decreasing and algal cover increasing, with most of the reefs having lost more than half of their corals;
Very severe coral bleaching affected all these islands in 2005, when abnormally warm water temperatures exceeding 29°C and up to 31°C sat over the coral reefs from mid May to mid November. Many island states reported that more than half of their corals bleached with a large proportion of these subsequently killed;
In 2006 many corals were still bleached or were infected with coral disease, such that coral losses continued, with many countries reporting losses of about 50% of their previous coral cover;
Reef fish communities were not affected by the bleaching but have progressively declined through over-fishing and habitat destruction;
Most of these eastern Caribbean Islands lack sufficient capacity for coral reef monitoring and effective management, and many of the MPAs have remained as ‘paper parks’;
The most active monitoring and management is in the Netherlands Antilles and the French West Indies, following recognition that well managed tourism will support reef conservation in the long-term;
The Caribbean Challenge is aimed at rectifying these problems by the countries cooperating to conserve 20% of their coastal resources in networks of MPAs by 2020.
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