Caribbean Acropora Workshop: Potential Application of the U.S. Endangered Species Act as a Conservation Strategy

Caribbean Acropora Workshop: Potential Application of the U.S. Endangered Species Act as a Conservation Strategy. Key Biscayne, FL. 16 - 18 April, 2002. Caribbean Acropora Workshop: Potential Application of the U.S. Endangered Species Act as a Conservation Strategy

Articles included in proceeding: Distribution and Status of Acroporid (scleractinia) Populations in Puerto Rico by Ernesto Weil and others, Acropora palmata: Historical Status, Extent of Decline, and Projection for Recovery, on St. Croix Reefs by William B. Gladfelter and Elizabeth H. Gladfelter, Status of Acroporid Populations in Columbia by Jaime Garzon-Ferreira and Juan Manuel Diaz, White-band disease and the changing face of Caribbean coral reefs by Richard B. Aronson1 & William F. Precht, The Expanding Scale of Species Turnover Events on Coral Reefs in Belize by Richard Aronson and others, Unprecedented" Acropora Die-Offs: 6,300 & 3,000 ybp by Dennis Hubbard, Population dynamics and life-history traits of Acropora palmata: costs and benefits of fragmentation by Diego Lirman, Genetic Status of Acropora palmata populations in the Caribbean by lliana B. Baums, Fragmentation in the branching coral Acropora palmate (Lamarck): growth, survivorship, and reproduction of colonies and fragments by Diego Lirman, Recruitment Failure, Life Histories, and Long – Term Decline of Caribbean Corals by Terence Hughes and Jason Tanner, Population Dynamics based on Individual Size Rather than Age: A General Model with a Reef Coral Example by Terence Hughes, Corallivorous snail removal: evaluation of impact on Acropora palmate by M. W. Miller, Three-dimensional morphometric measurements of reef corals using underwater photogrammetry techniques by J.C. Bythell and P. Pan and J. Lee, The importance ofevaluation, experimentation, andecological process in advancing reef restoration success byMargaret W. Miller, Coral Culture as a Conservation Tool for Acropora spp byErich Mueller, Coral Farm: the first step to restore reefs byAntonio L. Ortiz-Prosper, Condition of restored Acropora palmata fragments off Mona Island Puerto Rico, 2 years after the Forluna Reefer ship grounding by A.W. Bruckner and R.J. Bruckner, Proactive management for conservation of Acropora cervicornis and Acropora palmata: application of the U.S. Endangered Species Act by A.W. Bruckner1 and T.F. Hourigan.

Type
Conference Proceeding
Units
SFCN , VICR , VIIS
Keywords
Coral Reefs, Endangered Species Act, Management, Population, Threats

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