The coral reefs at Cahuita National Park, Caribbean coast of Costa Rica, specifically at the CARICOMP site Meager Shoal, have been monitored since 1999. Complete data sets from 2000 and 2004 have shown that live coral cover has increased less than 3 % (from 15 to 17 %), but non-coralline algae cover has increased much (63 to 74 %) and coralline algae cover has decreased (17 to 5 %) significantly. The proportion of affected colonies by diseases, injuries and bleaching decreased from 24 % in 2000 to 10 % in 2004, but the difference was not statistically significant. Densities of the urchin Diadema antillarum increased, and are probably help to maintain the macroalgae biomass low, while those of chinometra viridis decreased significantly. The ...
En las últimas décadas se ha venido observando la existencia de factores naturales y factores antrop...
In spite of their economic importance, coral reef communities of the world are rapidly decreasing, a...
In the seasonal upwelling region of Gulf of Papagayo (Northern Pacific coast of Costa Rica), we eval...
The coral reefs, seagrasses and mangroves from the Costa Rican Caribbean coast have been monitored s...
Este estudio describe al arrecife de Punta Cocles (Limón, Costa Rica). Los datos se obtienen por med...
Sedimentation, increased tourism, coral diseases and high ocean temperatures have become a permanent...
Long-term monitoring data provide a basis to recognize changes in coral reef communities and to impl...
Discovery Bay is one of nine sites around Jamaica’s coastline, soon to gain the legislative protecti...
Colombian coral reefs, as other reefs worldwide, have deteriorated significantly during the last few...
When conservation can keep up with development´s pace: Health status of coral ecosystems in the Nort...
Costa Rica has coral communities and reefs on the Caribbean coast and on the Pacific along the coast...
Introduction: El Niño 2015-2016 was considered one of the most severe worldwide, causing the third g...
Sedimentation, increased tourism, coral diseases and high ocean temperatures have become a permanent...
Coral reef zooplankton represents a key community in coral ecosystems, as they are involved in troph...
The condition of the barrier reef in Bajos de Sancho Pardo (NW Cuba) was assessed. This area is loca...
En las últimas décadas se ha venido observando la existencia de factores naturales y factores antrop...
In spite of their economic importance, coral reef communities of the world are rapidly decreasing, a...
In the seasonal upwelling region of Gulf of Papagayo (Northern Pacific coast of Costa Rica), we eval...
The coral reefs, seagrasses and mangroves from the Costa Rican Caribbean coast have been monitored s...
Este estudio describe al arrecife de Punta Cocles (Limón, Costa Rica). Los datos se obtienen por med...
Sedimentation, increased tourism, coral diseases and high ocean temperatures have become a permanent...
Long-term monitoring data provide a basis to recognize changes in coral reef communities and to impl...
Discovery Bay is one of nine sites around Jamaica’s coastline, soon to gain the legislative protecti...
Colombian coral reefs, as other reefs worldwide, have deteriorated significantly during the last few...
When conservation can keep up with development´s pace: Health status of coral ecosystems in the Nort...
Costa Rica has coral communities and reefs on the Caribbean coast and on the Pacific along the coast...
Introduction: El Niño 2015-2016 was considered one of the most severe worldwide, causing the third g...
Sedimentation, increased tourism, coral diseases and high ocean temperatures have become a permanent...
Coral reef zooplankton represents a key community in coral ecosystems, as they are involved in troph...
The condition of the barrier reef in Bajos de Sancho Pardo (NW Cuba) was assessed. This area is loca...
En las últimas décadas se ha venido observando la existencia de factores naturales y factores antrop...
In spite of their economic importance, coral reef communities of the world are rapidly decreasing, a...
In the seasonal upwelling region of Gulf of Papagayo (Northern Pacific coast of Costa Rica), we eval...