Coral reef monitoring programmes exist in all regions of the world, recording reef attributes
such as coral cover, fish biomass and macroalgal cover. Given the cost of such monitoring …

While biological and oceanographic parameters form the central part of a database on coral
reefs, information concerning human uses and impacts, as well as management efforts are …

Coral reefs are in crisis. Globally, our reefs are degrading at an accelerating rate and
present methodologies for coral-reef 'health'assessment, although providing important …

Coral reef ecosystems are in decline worldwide, owing to a variety of anthropogenic and
natural causes. One of the most obvious signals of reef degradation is a reduction in live …

This investigation developed and tested descriptive models designed to evaluate coral reef
ecological condition based on data developed using the basic techniques most often used …

Coral reefs around the world are largely in decline (Bell wood et al. 2004; Bruno & Selig
2007; De'ath et al. 2012), putting the roughly 7.5% of humanity that depends on them in …

The successful management of ecosystems depends on early detection of change and
identification of factors causing such change. Determination of change and causality in …

Coral reefs are exceptionally biodiverse and human dependence on their ecosystem
services is high. Reefs experience significant direct and indirect anthropogenic pressures …

Human activities have led to widespread ecological decline; however, the severity of
degradation is spatially heterogeneous due to some locations resisting, escaping, or …

The coral reef monitoring component of the Reef Rescue Marine Monitoring Program (MMP)
undertaken in 2010 was a continuation of activities under previous arrangements from 2005 …