Caribbean coral reef habitats, seagrass beds and mangroves provide important goods and
services both individually and through functional linkages. A range of anthropogenic factors …

Groupers (Pisces: Serranidae) of littoral environments of warm-temperate and tropical
regions have experienced intense fishery exploitation. Indicators of intense fishing include …

The more ecologists examine the role of trait‐mediated indirect interactions (TMIIs),
especially in regulating predator–prey interactions, the more we recognize their fundamental …

The broadening of fisheries management to include ecosystem-related objectives raises a
potentially confusing range of possible issues for consideration in management decisions, in …

The archipelago of the Bahamas contains the largest tropical shallow water area in the
Western Atlantic. Located on the northern and eastern margins of two large submerged …

Groupers are a phylogenetically diverse group and include many ecologically and
economically valuable predatory marine fishes that have experienced drastic population …

The United States Virgin Islands are comprised of two separate insular platforms separated
by the deep water Anegada Passage. Although managed by the same regulations, as one …

In response to coral reef decline, the US Coral Reef Task Force adopted a goal of protecting
a minimum of 20% by area of all representative coral reefs and associated habitats as no …

Navassa Island is a tiny,(5 km2) uninhabited US protectorate located between Jamaica and
Haiti. It is part of the Caribbean Islands National Wildlife Refuge, under the jurisdiction of the …

This document is the report of a joint BRS-CSIRO review of the role of marine reserves as
tools in fisheries management. The review was conducted as the basis for development of …