Status of coral reefs in the US Virgin Islands (2000)
Rogers C, Boulon R, Drayton N, Devine B, Garrison G, Gelardi M, Hillis-Starr Z, Kojis B, Loomis C, Nemeth R, Pugh M, Phillips B, Rothenberger P, Taylor M, Tobias W. 2000. Status of coral reefs in the US Virgin Islands (2000). U.S. Virgin Islands
This report covers the status of the coral reefs in terms of hurricanes, recreational uses, coral diseases, changes in reef fish assemblages and fisheries, conchs and lobsters, and water quality and sedimentation. It also includes current and potential climate change impacts like bleaching. Current maps and monitoring/conservation management capacity are discussed as well as socioeconomics. Government policies, laws and legislation, gaps in current monitoring and conservation capacity and recommendations for conservation are also in the report.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Rogers, Caroline; Boulon, Rafe; Drayton, Nick; Devine, Barry; Garrison, Ginger; Gelardi, Michael; Hillis-Starr, Zandy; Kojis, Barbara; Loomis, Christie; Nemeth, Richard; Pugh, Michelle; Phillips, Brendalee; Rothenberger, Paige; Taylor, Marcia; Tobias, William
- Date of Issue
- 2000
- Units
- BUIS , VIIS
- Keywords
- Black band disease, Climate, Conservation, Coral Reefs, Diseases, Ecology, Human Impact, Hurricanes, Legislation, Management, Marine Ecosystems, Monitoring, Mortality, Natural disaster, overfishing, Plague type, Recreational uses, Sedimentation, Water Quality, Wetland policies, White band disease