Coral community decline at a remote Caribbean island: Marine no-take reserves are not enough

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 666-685

  Coelho, Vânia R ^a,c   Manfrino, Carrie ^b,c  

^a DOMINICAN UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b KEAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Central Caribbean Marine Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Caribbean reef; Cayman Islands; Coral bleaching; Coral community dynamics; Coral community structure; Coral disease; Little Cayman; Marine parks; Marine protected areas; Marine reserves; No take zones

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORAL BLEACHING; CORAL REEF; DISEASE PREVALENCE; MARINE PARK; MORTALITY; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION SIZE; PROTECTED AREA; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CARIBBEAN SEA; CAYMAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; LITTLE CAYMAN;

AGARICIA; ANTHOZOA; MONTASTRAEA; PORITES;

EID: 37049010284     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: 10990755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.822     Document Type: Article

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