Fishing, pollution, climate change, and the long-term decline of coral reefs off Havana, Cuba

A Duran, AA Shantz, DE Burkepile… - Bulletin of Marine …, 2018 - ingentaconnect.com
Understanding temporal and spatial variation of coral reef communities allows us to analyze
the relative effects of local stressors, such as fishing and eutrophication, and global …

Scleractinian coral population size structures and growth rates indicate coral resilience on the fringing reefs of North Jamaica

MJC Crabbe - Marine Environmental Research, 2009 - Elsevier
Coral reefs throughout the world are under severe challenges from many environmental
factors. This paper quantifies the size structure of populations and the growth rates of corals …

Rehabilitation of damaged reefs: Outcome of the use of recently broken coral fragments and healed coral fragments of pocilloporid corals on rocky boulders

H Nava, AG Figueroa‐Camacho - Marine Ecology, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The use of two types of coral transplants on rock boulders was evaluated as a low‐cost
alternative for rehabilitation of live coral coverage in localities whose reef structure has been …

Endosymbiont Communities in Pachyseris speciosa Highlight Geographical and Methodological Variations

SS Jain, L Afiq-Rosli, B Feldman, I Kunning… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Reef-building corals live in symbiosis with the phototrophic dinoflagellate family
Symbiodiniaceae, which comprises diverse genera such as Cladocopium and Durusdinium …

Discovery Bay, Jamaica

P Dustan, JC Lang - Mesophotic coral ecosystems, 2019 - Springer
Mesophotic coral ecosystems occur on fore-reef slopes (~ 25 to 55 m) and near-vertical
deep fore reefs (~ 55 to~ 122 m) off the north Jamaican coast. In the 1960s, TF Goreau and …

Coral ecosystem resilience, conservation and management on the reefs of Jamaica in the face of anthropogenic activities and climate change

MJC Crabbe - Diversity, 2010 - mdpi.com
Knowledge of factors that are important in reef resilience and integrity help us understand
how reef ecosystems react following major anthropogenic and environmental disturbances …

Topography and spatial arrangement of reef-building corals on the fringing reefs of North Jamaica may influence their response to disturbance from bleaching

MJC Crabbe - Marine environmental research, 2010 - Elsevier
Knowledge of factors that are important in reef resilience helps us understand how reefs
react following major environmental disturbances such as hurricanes and bleaching. Here …

Multiple Cumulative Effects on Coral Reefs of the Northwestern Cuban Region

P González-Díaz, G González-Sansón… - Coral Reefs of …, 2023 - Springer
In recent decades, there has been an accelerated deterioration of coral reefs due to the
synergistic effect of natural and anthropogenic stressors. Thus, the objective of this chapter …

Investigación, monitoreo y manejo para la conservación y uso sostenible de los arrecifes coralinos en el Parque Nacional Guanahacabibes

D Cobián Rojas, L Márquez Llauger… - Anales de la …, 2022 - scielo.sld.cu
Introducción: Se presentan los resultados más significativos obtenidos en el transcurso de
10 años de investigación, monitoreo y manejo en los arrecifes coralinos del Parque …

Guanahacabibes National Park: Research, Monitoring, and Management for the Conservation of Coral Reefs

D Cobián-Rojas, S Perera-Valderrama… - Coral Reefs of …, 2023 - Springer
The most significant results obtained during 15 years of research (2004–2019), monitoring,
and management in the coral reefs of the Guanahacabibes National Park are presented …