Scuba diving and marine conservation
... appears no apparent understanding of the influences and motivations on participants to be involved with volunteer marine conservation. Once a commitment to volunteer is made, Blackman and Benson (2010) suggest a psychological contract exists between participants and host organizations, which support ...
... appears no apparent understanding of the influences and motivations on participants to be involved with volunteer marine conservation. Once a commitment to volunteer is made, Blackman and Benson (2010) suggest a psychological contract exists between participants and host organizations, which support ...
Status of coral reefs in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden in 2004 (PDF
... conservation. The plan aims to reduce impacts with: Integrated Coastal Management; Education and Awareness; Marine Protected Areas; Ecologically Sustainable Reef Fisheries; Shipping and Marine Pollution control; and Research, Monitoring and Economic Valuation. Several major new MPAs are being develo ...
... conservation. The plan aims to reduce impacts with: Integrated Coastal Management; Education and Awareness; Marine Protected Areas; Ecologically Sustainable Reef Fisheries; Shipping and Marine Pollution control; and Research, Monitoring and Economic Valuation. Several major new MPAs are being develo ...
Seabirds as samplers of the marine environment
... has led to severe biases in our understanding of seabird ecology. Two subsequent approaches focusing on the behaviours of seabirds at sea have allowed significant progress in our understanding of seabird ecology. One such approach involved studying seabird distributions at sea from boats. Whereas ea ...
... has led to severe biases in our understanding of seabird ecology. Two subsequent approaches focusing on the behaviours of seabirds at sea have allowed significant progress in our understanding of seabird ecology. One such approach involved studying seabird distributions at sea from boats. Whereas ea ...
Great Barrier Reef Depth and Elevation Model: GBRDEM (33)
... Figure 27. Trends in shelf depth with latitude ........................................................................ 51 Figure 28. Trends in water volume over the continental shelf with latitude............................... 52 Figure 29. Trends in the percentage area of reef with latitude ..... ...
... Figure 27. Trends in shelf depth with latitude ........................................................................ 51 Figure 28. Trends in water volume over the continental shelf with latitude............................... 52 Figure 29. Trends in the percentage area of reef with latitude ..... ...
Ecological Assessment of the HMCS Yukon Artificial Reef off
... Yukon artificial reef was part of a larger complex of artificial reefs consisting of three smaller wrecks off Mission and Pacific Beaches. The smaller wrecks compose an underwater recreation area called the Mission Bay Artificial Reef (a.k.a., ‘wreck alley’), a 512-acre underwater recreation area th ...
... Yukon artificial reef was part of a larger complex of artificial reefs consisting of three smaller wrecks off Mission and Pacific Beaches. The smaller wrecks compose an underwater recreation area called the Mission Bay Artificial Reef (a.k.a., ‘wreck alley’), a 512-acre underwater recreation area th ...
Mediterranean deep-sea corals: reasons for protection
... organisms. A secondary threat from fishing also includes damage from entanglement in lost long lines and netting. Deep-water corals are also highly vulnerable to other direct and indirect impacts (Bongiorni et al., 2010), including hydrocarbon and mineral exploration and development, cable ...
... organisms. A secondary threat from fishing also includes damage from entanglement in lost long lines and netting. Deep-water corals are also highly vulnerable to other direct and indirect impacts (Bongiorni et al., 2010), including hydrocarbon and mineral exploration and development, cable ...
Toscano, Peltier and Drummond, The ICE-5G and ICE
... this model of the radial visco-elastic structure has been independently verified by Paulson et al. (2007), who augmented the data set employed in Peltier (1996) with gravity field time dependence observations from the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE). Their analyses have provided an ind ...
... this model of the radial visco-elastic structure has been independently verified by Paulson et al. (2007), who augmented the data set employed in Peltier (1996) with gravity field time dependence observations from the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE). Their analyses have provided an ind ...
Regional-scale benthic monitoring for ecosystem
... Watson et al., 2007). The islands play a key role in Australia’s biggest single-species fishery (Western Rock Lobster). At the Abrolhos, patches of hard corals and Ecklonia radiata beds coexist to form mixed habitats (Hatcher, 1985). This unusual juxtaposition is primarily a consequence of the long ...
... Watson et al., 2007). The islands play a key role in Australia’s biggest single-species fishery (Western Rock Lobster). At the Abrolhos, patches of hard corals and Ecklonia radiata beds coexist to form mixed habitats (Hatcher, 1985). This unusual juxtaposition is primarily a consequence of the long ...
Modeling Larval Connectivity of Coral Reef Organisms in the Kenya
... Sponaugle, 2009). Coral reefs extend along the coast of East Africa from the equator to ∼14◦ S, being absent only at major river outflows or Pleistocene river valleys. Fringing reefs are the most common type, but complex formations occur around islands and other regions where the continental shelf e ...
... Sponaugle, 2009). Coral reefs extend along the coast of East Africa from the equator to ∼14◦ S, being absent only at major river outflows or Pleistocene river valleys. Fringing reefs are the most common type, but complex formations occur around islands and other regions where the continental shelf e ...
North Atlantic ecosystem sensitivity to Holocene shifts in Meridional
... are located in relatively shallow (121–162 m) waters on the Western British continental shelf [Roberts et al., 2005] and are ideally suited to document episodes of enhanced vertical mixing and surface AMOC changes (Figure 1). Presently, the deepest waters (>100 m) and the outer parts of the shelf of ...
... are located in relatively shallow (121–162 m) waters on the Western British continental shelf [Roberts et al., 2005] and are ideally suited to document episodes of enhanced vertical mixing and surface AMOC changes (Figure 1). Presently, the deepest waters (>100 m) and the outer parts of the shelf of ...
Tropical Marginal Seas
... connected with the open ocean and bounded by at least one island arc (Mazarovich 2011)—form natural subregions within tropical seas. TMSs share a suite of characteristics that are important to global efforts to conserve marine biodiversity. Each has complex bathymetry ranging from the deep sea, seam ...
... connected with the open ocean and bounded by at least one island arc (Mazarovich 2011)—form natural subregions within tropical seas. TMSs share a suite of characteristics that are important to global efforts to conserve marine biodiversity. Each has complex bathymetry ranging from the deep sea, seam ...
Latitudinal shifts in coral reef fishes: why some species do and
... have been linked to poleward expansions in the distribution of many tropical organisms (Booth et al. 2007, 2011; Madin et al. 2012). The distribution of tropical marine organisms has been substantially affected by changes in both ocean temperatures and major ocean currents (Seidel et al. 2008; Lu et ...
... have been linked to poleward expansions in the distribution of many tropical organisms (Booth et al. 2007, 2011; Madin et al. 2012). The distribution of tropical marine organisms has been substantially affected by changes in both ocean temperatures and major ocean currents (Seidel et al. 2008; Lu et ...
Status of Coral Reefs in East Africa 2004, GCRNM
... is now at 50 to 100% levels. However, many of the reefs that have shown ‘full recovery’ to prebleaching levels had displayed signs of human induced degradation prior to the bleaching. The apparent rate of recovery was more rapid on these degraded reefs, but only on coral communities that already had ...
... is now at 50 to 100% levels. However, many of the reefs that have shown ‘full recovery’ to prebleaching levels had displayed signs of human induced degradation prior to the bleaching. The apparent rate of recovery was more rapid on these degraded reefs, but only on coral communities that already had ...
Executive summary of the updated synthesis of the impacts of
... undergoing change due to the interactive effects of multiple stressors, including both global stressors (e.g., rising sea temperature, the effects of tropical storms and rising sea levels, as well as ocean acidification,) and local stressors (e.g., overfishing, destructive fishing practices, land-ba ...
... undergoing change due to the interactive effects of multiple stressors, including both global stressors (e.g., rising sea temperature, the effects of tropical storms and rising sea levels, as well as ocean acidification,) and local stressors (e.g., overfishing, destructive fishing practices, land-ba ...
The Effects of Wind Forcing on Surface Currents on the Continental
... connectivity of reefs and fish populations. They also reflect largely on the transfer of energy between the wind field and the upper ocean, which again will allow for an interpretation of divergence and vorticity within the water column. Consistent, diurnal sea breeze activity occurs along two third ...
... connectivity of reefs and fish populations. They also reflect largely on the transfer of energy between the wind field and the upper ocean, which again will allow for an interpretation of divergence and vorticity within the water column. Consistent, diurnal sea breeze activity occurs along two third ...
Coupled Biological and Physical Models
... The combination of wide-ranging spatial and temporal scales associated with the oceanic environment, together with processes intrinsic to the biology of marine organisms, makes the quantitative study of population connectivity a formidable challenge. Sampling over all scales, except for targeted fie ...
... The combination of wide-ranging spatial and temporal scales associated with the oceanic environment, together with processes intrinsic to the biology of marine organisms, makes the quantitative study of population connectivity a formidable challenge. Sampling over all scales, except for targeted fie ...
Coral-Fish Dynamics and Interactions: A Case Study of Grand
... in coral conditions have only been carried out in Jamaica and the Florida Keys (Burke, ...
... in coral conditions have only been carried out in Jamaica and the Florida Keys (Burke, ...
Geoscientific Investigations of the Southern Mariana
... Don Walsh recounted: “As we landed, a cloud of sediment was stirred. This happened with all of our dives and usually after a few minutes it would drift away. Not this time. The cloud remained for the entire time on the bottom and showed no signs of moving away. It was like looking in a bowl of milk” ...
... Don Walsh recounted: “As we landed, a cloud of sediment was stirred. This happened with all of our dives and usually after a few minutes it would drift away. Not this time. The cloud remained for the entire time on the bottom and showed no signs of moving away. It was like looking in a bowl of milk” ...
Strengthening the measures to protect coral reefs in the
... and consequently also a little bit from algae, while the coral aquaculture solution is a viable way of replacing coral already lost and combating coral losses to an extent. However, neither option tackles the crucial issue of coral destruction due to climate change and the adverse effects brought on ...
... and consequently also a little bit from algae, while the coral aquaculture solution is a viable way of replacing coral already lost and combating coral losses to an extent. However, neither option tackles the crucial issue of coral destruction due to climate change and the adverse effects brought on ...
Impacts of Bottom Trawling
... orange roughy, which doesn’t mature until 20 or 30 years old and lives for more than 125 years ((Froese & Pauly 2004, Koslow et al. 2000 ). ...
... orange roughy, which doesn’t mature until 20 or 30 years old and lives for more than 125 years ((Froese & Pauly 2004, Koslow et al. 2000 ). ...
The DeepesT Ocean On earTh a scientific case for establishing the
... Archipelago fall within this category, and they top his list of places to try to protect. “They’re unique,” he explains. “Micronesia is its own biogeographic province, and the Mariana Islands are the only volcanic archipelago in Micronesia. All the rest are a mix of reef islands and atolls with a fe ...
... Archipelago fall within this category, and they top his list of places to try to protect. “They’re unique,” he explains. “Micronesia is its own biogeographic province, and the Mariana Islands are the only volcanic archipelago in Micronesia. All the rest are a mix of reef islands and atolls with a fe ...
Issues in International Conservation
... alerted to hotspot conditions before or during bleaching, unusually complete records were obtained both geographically and temporally (Strong et al. 1998). The 1998 bleaching event was not the first, but it was far larger, more intense, and more prolonged than previous Indian Ocean bleaching events ...
... alerted to hotspot conditions before or during bleaching, unusually complete records were obtained both geographically and temporally (Strong et al. 1998). The 1998 bleaching event was not the first, but it was far larger, more intense, and more prolonged than previous Indian Ocean bleaching events ...
Dinoflagellates
... plesiosaur living in the depths is Pfiesteria's effects on humans. Dr. Fishlin explains "many eye-witnesses have come forward with accounts of their sightings of the Loch Ness monster, some of which include references to feelings of "lost time" that thy cannot explain. The toxins given off by Pfiest ...
... plesiosaur living in the depths is Pfiesteria's effects on humans. Dr. Fishlin explains "many eye-witnesses have come forward with accounts of their sightings of the Loch Ness monster, some of which include references to feelings of "lost time" that thy cannot explain. The toxins given off by Pfiest ...
Introduction to Marine Science
... The oceanic zone is the life zone that extends beyond the neritic zone and includes most of the open ocean. The upper part of the oceanic zone receives light, whereas the lower part (most of the ocean) is in darkness. The part of the ocean that light penetrates is called the photic (meaning “light”) ...
... The oceanic zone is the life zone that extends beyond the neritic zone and includes most of the open ocean. The upper part of the oceanic zone receives light, whereas the lower part (most of the ocean) is in darkness. The part of the ocean that light penetrates is called the photic (meaning “light”) ...