Thedegradationofcoralreefsiswidelyreported,yetthereisapoorunderstandingoftheadaptabilityofreeffishestocopewithbenthicchange.Wetestedtheeffectsofcoralreefdegradationonthefeedingplasticityoffourreeffishspecies.Weusedisotopicnichesizesandmeanδ15Nandδ13Cvaluesofeachspeciesintwocoralreefsthatdifferedinbenthiccondition.The...
Coral reefs have suffered degradation due to anthropogenic activities for decades. The direct and indirect effects of overfishing and pollution from agriculture and land development have been the major drivers of coral reef decline over the past two centuries. More importantly, these threats to coral ...
Shifting the paradigm: identifying the goals of monitoring and assessment for coral reefs and a methodology to meet those goals If we are to ever halt coral-reef degradation and reverse the losses that have been set in motion, we must recognize “that existing institutions have ceased adequately...
Annual expected benefits from coral reefs for flood protection. Estimates of the effects of reefs on avoided flooding to land, people, exposed capital and damaged capital. The differences between scenarios with and without reefs are avoided damages or present benefits of reefs Full size image Fig. ...
of coral reefs prevents the 100-yr flood from growing by 23% (113 km2), avoiding flooding to 53,800 (62%) people, US$2.7 billion (90%) damage to buildings and US$2.6 billion (49%) in indirect economic effects. We estimate the hazard risk reduction benefits of US coral reefs...
Coral reefs provide critical barriers that can mitigate shoreline erosion and flooding for tropical coastal communities around the world1,2,3; however, climate change is jeopardizing the ability of reefs to continue to provide coastal protection by causing coral-reef degradation4,5,6, sea-level rise...
Fig. 2. Results of survey looking at effects of top six threats to coral reefs (threat rating scale of 0–6, with 0=no threat and 6=extreme threat) on: (a) perceived threat rating, n=110, and (b) resource (budget) allocation to abate those threats, n=110. Time allocation varied ...
5.It can be inferred from the passage that the author describes coral reef communities as paradoxical most likely for which of the following reasons?第1题: A. describing the effects of human activities on algae in coral reefs B. explaining how human activities are posing a threat to coral ...
1269 Words 6 Pages Open Document Few places are as teaming with life as coral reefs. However, this is all soon to change due to human negligence. Human activity and stupidity is leading to the destruction of the vast majority of coral reefs and is expected to continue to do so until cora...
Climate change, coral bleaching and the future of the world’s coral reefs. Mar. Freshw. Res. 50, 839–866 (1999). Article Google Scholar Garpe, K. C., Yahya, S. A. S. & Lindahl, U. & Öhman, M. C. Long-term effects of the 1998 coral bleaching event on reef fish ...