The Micronesia Challenge: Assessing the relative contribution of stressors on coral reefs to facilitate science-to-management feedback

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Houk, Peter ^a   Camacho, Rodney ^a   Johnson, Steven ^b   McLean, Matthew ^a   Maxin, Selino ^c   Anson, Jorg ^c   Joseph, Eugene ^c   Nedlic, Osamu ^d   Luckymis, Marston ^d   Adams, Katrina ^e   Hess, Don ^f   Kabua, Emma ^g   Yalon, Anthony ^h   Buthung, Eva ^h   Graham, Curtis ⁱ   Leberer, Trina ^j   Taylor, Brett ^k   Van Woesik, Robert ^l  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUAM MARINE LABORATORY   (Guam)

^b Public Health and Hospital Emergency Preparedness Office   (Northern Mariana Islands)

^c Conservation Society of Pohnpei ^*  (Federated States of Micronesia)

^d Kosrae Conservation and Safety Organization   (Federated States of Micronesia)

^e Kosrae Village Resort ^*  (Federated States of Micronesia)

^f College of the Marshall Islands ^*  (Marshall Islands)

^g Marshall Islands Marine Resources Authority   (Marshall Islands)

^h Yap Community Action Program   (Federated States of Micronesia)

ⁱ Chuuk Marine Resources Department   (Federated States of Micronesia)

^j THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^k JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^l Department of Biological Sciences Florida Institute of Technology ^*  (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORAL REEF; ECOLOGICAL STABILITY; ECOSYSTEM CONDITION THRESHOLD; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FISH SIZE; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHING PRESSURE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GRAZING; HABITAT; HABITAT QUALITY; HERBIVORE; LAGOON; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE PROTECTED AREA; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; POLLUTION MONITORING; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATOR BIOMASS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REEF HABITAT; SCIENCE TO MANAGEMENT FEEDBACK; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; FISH; FISHERY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLUTION; PROCEDURES; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANTHOZOA;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; BIOMASS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CORAL REEFS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FISHERIES; FISHES; MODELS, STATISTICAL;

EID: 84939172393     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0130823     Document Type: Article

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