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Reefs classified by thraet from overfishing in the wider Caribbean (adjusted for management effectiveness) (grid)

Reefs classified by thraet from overfishing in the wider Caribbean (adjusted for management effectiveness) (grid)

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Originator: World Resources Institute
Publication_Date: 2004
Title:
Reefs classified by thraet from overfishing in the wider Caribbean (adjusted for management effectiveness) (grid)
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Series_Information:
Series_Name: Reefs at Risk in the Caribbean
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Washington D.C., United States
Publisher: World Resources Institute
Online_Linkage: <http://reefsatrisk.wri.org>
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Citation_Information:
Title:
L. Burke and J. Maidens “Reefs at Risk in the Caribbean,” (Washington DC, USA: World Resources Institute, 2004)
Description:
Abstract:
Threats to coral reefs from fishing pressure evaluated based on coastal population density and shelf area (up to 30 m depth) within 30 km of reef. Analysis calibrated using survey observations of coral reef fish abundance. Management effectiveness included as mitigating factor for threats to reefs inside marine protected areas (MPAs).
Purpose:
The indicators developed by the Reefs at Risk in the Caribbean project enable detailed comparative analyses of threats on many scales. The Reefs at Risk indicators are a simplification of human activities and complex natural processes.
Supplemental_Information:
The threat indicators gauge current and potential risks associated with human activities. A strength of the analysis lies in its use of regionally consistent data sets to develop regionally consistent indicators of human pressure on coral reefs. However, the model is not perfect, and omissions and other errors in the data sets are inevitable.
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Theme_Keyword: coral reefs
Theme_Keyword: pressure
Theme_Keyword: fishing
Theme_Keyword: overfishing
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Place_Keyword: caribbean
Place_Keyword: central america
Place_Keyword: south america
Place_Keyword: north america
Place_Keyword: insular caribbean
Place_Keyword: gulf of mexico
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Data set is not for use in litigation. While efforts have been made to ensure that these data are accurate and reliable within the state of the art, WRI, cannot assume liability for any damages, or misrepresentations, caused by any inaccuracies in the data, or as a result of the data to be used on a particular system. WRI makes no warranty, expressed or implied, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty.
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Contact_Organization: World Resources Institute
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Address: 10 G Street NE Suite 800
City: Washington DC
State_or_Province: District of Columbia
Postal_Code: 20002
Country: United States
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 202 729 7600
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 202 729 7775
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: reefsatrisk@wri.org
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Threats to coral reefs evaluated based on coastal population density and shelf area (up to 30 m depth) within 30 km of reef. Analysis calibrated using survey observations of coral reef fish abundance.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Population density - U.S. DOE, “LandScan,” 2001.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:
Shelf area - Developed at WRI based on data from the Danish Hydrological Institute (DHI), “MIKE C-MAP” depth points and data on coastline location - NASA, “SeaWiFS” and NIMA, “VMAP,” 1997.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:
Coral reef fish abundance - Reef Environmental Education Foundation (REEF) website <http://www.reef.org> (accessed 10 February 2003).
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Management effectiveness included as mitigating factor for threats to reefs inside marine protected areas (MPAs).
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Marine Protected Areas - World Resources Institute, Caribbean Marine Protected Areas, 2004
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Process_Description: The threat layer overlaid on coral reef locations
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:
Coral reef locations - World Resources Institute, Caribbean Coral Reef Locations, 2004
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