importance of coral reefs in fish production

... engineering in 1969 from the Catholic University of Louvain, his M.Sc in civil and geological engineering in 1970 from Princeton University, and his Ph.D in environmental engineering in 1972 from ... States of America 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 Printed on acid-free paper Trang 4I have maintained an on-going and deep interest in the Great Barrier Reef ever since I was involved in the establishment of ... 1OCEANOGRAPHIC PROCESSESOF CORAL REEFS Physical and Biological Links in the Great Barrier Reef Trang 2OCEANOGRAPHIC PROCESSESOF CORAL REEFS Physical and Biological Links in the Great Barrier Reef

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 05:21

... diver-sity of corals on all intertidal flats in the vicinity of tin dredging and smelting activi-ties around Laem Pan Qah peninsula, Phuket, was low (six genera), the dominant genera being Porites, ... balance of nutrient against light limitation of seagrass growth, the light condition bringing about the elevated amino acid content in the plants In response to shading and increased water depth, ... that analysis of coral growth patterns and populations in Bermuda reveals that living coral abundance on the reefs of Castle Harbor, a location where extensive dredging occurred during 1941 to

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... 121 INTRODUCTION There is increasing concern globally that enhanced runoff from human land uses is leading to degradation of coral reefs Land-clearing, deforestation, excess fertiliza-tion of ... abundant macroalgae on inshore fringing reefs indicate degradation due to anthropogenic increases in terrestrial inputs of sediments and nutrients (Bell & Elmetri, 1995; reviewed in McCook & ... predominantly by algae Algal overgrowth of dead corals is a general consequence of natural disturbances such as storm damage, severe mass bleaching of corals, or outbreak feeding of crown-of-thorns

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... locally. Soft coral richness increased with soft coral cover in areas Ͻ8% soft coral cover, but remained at ~10 gen- era per transect, independently of soft coral cover, where soft coral cover ... proportion of soft corals of the total coral cover (soft coral plus hard coral cover) FIGURE 11 Soft coral cover, hard coral cover, and the proportion of soft corals... LaBarre, ... shelf reefs. The spatial model explained 46% of variation in soft coral cover. Soft coral cover was unrelated to sedimentation and visibility. Hard coral cover tended to increase with increasing

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... km2not including the influence from rivers intruding into the GBR from Papua New Guinea and Irian Jaya The mainland catchments have been divided into 35 drainage basins The two largest basins in ... every 79 years In contrast, the catchment areas farther north of the Burdekin lie within more rugged and mountainous terrain resulting in more river systems transversing the region draining significantly ... Indeed, the influence and timing of wind events enabled more Burdekin catchment runoff to be delivered to inshore reefs in years like 1983 and 1977 than some larger floods like 1981 In 1983, the

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... far-ther offshore in the GBRWHA have since been examined within the context of “out-welling”—the export of nutrients or organic detritus from fertile estuarine areas tosupport productivity of offshore ... movement of largebundles of protein (in the form of prawns, baitfish, and other organisms) acrossshelves from coasts to reefs In the case of mangrove export the early Florida model of food chains ... retreat of saline surface andgroundwaters with drought, flood, and tide are a fundamental forcing in the dynam-ics of floodplain primary production, governing both the distribution and growth of ephemeral

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... biomass of fish preda- tors in the model. To compensate the biomass of fish herbivores was increased in line 196 Oceanographic Processes of Coral Reefs © 2001 by CRC Press LLC with the increase in ... (1988). THE FISHERY The fishery was divided into two fleets: • The reef line fishery for large reef/inter-reef carnivores, both schooling and non-schooling fish, which was combined with the indigenous ... to line-fish in the offshore sections of these habitats rather than in the more accessible inshore edge of the reef shoal and inter -reef The rationale for these increasing

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... Pre-settlement fish are known to appear in the vicinity of coral reefs immediately following sunset in readiness for settlement (McIlwain, 1996). To incorporate this behavior into the model, a plume of pre-settlement ... most in the characterization of near-reef communities and that Psene arafuensis was instrumental in distinguishing the late evening, far-grid community. The relevance of these key taxa in defining ... aggregating at a point on the upstream end in con- centrations exceeding an order of magnitude above that of the incident plume. Smaller, slow-swimming fish spent more time in the prevailing currents

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... occurred in the absence of mixing. In all bleaching cases, the winds were low. Many reefs seemed to escape the bleaching temperatures by interacting with the tidal currents to induce vertical mixing ... MOVEMENT WITHIN THE GBR In gaining an insight into the causes of the 1998 GBR bleaching event, first an under- standing of the mechanisms which cause water movement, both vertical (mixing) and horizontal ... environmental monitoring techniques that are of use in monitoring coral bleaching is of utmost importance among coral reef researchers. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

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... THE LAND In thinking of the future of the Great Barrier Reef (GBR), we can learn from our treatment of the Australian landscape In the process of increasing agricultural and pastoral production ... is at present insufficient care taken • In the use of its living resources • In planning its coastal zones • In environmental impact assessment of developments • In control of the final development ... agri-cultural, and mining purposes we were often ignorant of the steady damage we were causing, and the unsustainability of many of our practices Over past decades many of these practices have continued,

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... were fixed instead of biomass being the function of amount of energy productions. This was modeled such as the information available at the time was constrained. The main objective of this study ... bioenergy supply chains in Canada that consider multiple goals in terms of biomass qualities. Most of the existing studies focus mainly on optimizing harvesting and transportation of raw material for ... contents of FHR (g3) and UUW (g4) for each forest depletion cell j, respectively; PRC is processing (harvesting and grinding/chipping) cost ($·gt-1) of FHR at roadside; PUC is processing (harvesting

Ngày tải lên: 09/09/2015, 10:32

... More than 1,350 IPM trainers had undergone Training of Trainers After this training, this group of IPM trainers conducted Farmers' Field Schools (FFS) in all 53 provinces of Vietnam Over 7,000 ... representing two-thirds of total area of 3.9 million ha (General Statistical Office, 1995) Single and double rice croppings are dominant cropping systems in the Mekong Delta, taking up 70 percent of ... region in Vietnam, accounting for more than 50 percent of paddy produced in a year Taking advantage of the changes in economic policy-orientation that took place in the late 1980s, paddy production

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... characters in his stories In most of his stories we find reflections of our own experiences This shows strikingly that Shakespeare had an insight into 'human nature and the problems of life His ... attend institutions or higher learning to improve their prospects of employment Higher education confers many other benefits It broadens the mind and increases one's powers of thinking, reasoning ... workers in the village leave their homes early in the morning to work in the plantations or towns nearby Some have their own plantations, and some make certain articles in their homes to sell them in

Ngày tải lên: 15/07/2015, 23:18

... 2004) Coral Bleaching Although the awareness of coral bleaching has increased dramatically in the last 20 years because of the occurrence of a number of worldwide bleaching events, bleaching has ... Shift in Dominance to Tolerant Coral Species Corals and Coralline Algae Bleaching, Full Mortality Reef Coral Reduction and/or Elimination, Coral Species Extinctions Phase Shifts to Macroalgal Dominance ... http://www.osdpd.noaa.gov/PSB/EPS/CB_indices/indices_form.html This would provide specific warning information when a bleaching event was imminent, enabling the possibity of evaluating the effects of the stress and tracking

Ngày tải lên: 08/06/2016, 11:26

... sustain their flow of goods and services in the interest of current and future generations.Recognizing the importance of economic valuations, in January 2008, the International Coral Reef Initiative ... km² of coral reefs was found to return between $31,900 and $113,000 annually in increased fish production and local dive tourism (White, Vogt and Arin, 2000) In Hon Mun Marine Protected Area in ... (Samonte-Tan et al., 2007).The Net Present Value (NPV) of benefits of coral reefs in the South China Sea basin in the Philippines was estimated to be Philippine pesos (PhP) 24,700 million, or $449 million,

Ngày tải lên: 08/06/2016, 11:28

... United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in 2012 15 V The role of national legislation in protecting coral reefs (including importance of inclusion of indigenous/local communities) ... –building of carbon acid More than 75% (in combination with local threats) • Reduction of coral growth rates • Weakening of coral skeletons • Support of coral bleaching • Halt of coral ... and Conservation International (CI) also contributed inputs.2 Trang 4II Coral reefs and sustainable development 4 The importance of oceans and coral reefs in achieving sustainable development

Ngày tải lên: 11/06/2016, 01:01

... Importance Of Social Media In Their Contribution To The Marketing Of Sport Events Thesis submitted in fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Business Administration in ... event, are also fundamental in the marketing of the product In general, a medium can be defined as: “[…] Anything that is capable of carrying or transmitting a marketing communications message ... 2.3.1 The Internet According to the Internet Advertising Report (IAB) (2012), the Internet Advertising Revenues hit a historic high in the 3rd Quarter of 2012, with an 18% increase since the

Ngày tải lên: 19/12/2016, 12:12

... recreational value of the coral reefs at Cu Lao Cham islands for the purpose of improving the awareness of local communities and governments in exploitation and protection of coral reefs ecosystem 1.3 ...  Snorkeling  Scuba-diving  Eating seafood  Visiting fishing villages  Camping  Seafood shopping 11 Please estimate your total travel cost for the whole journey as list below: Individual ... structure services: by reducing the speed and strengthen of the currents and waves, coral reefs protect our coasts; biotic and economic services: many species of fish use coral reefs as their shelter

Ngày tải lên: 03/01/2019, 00:07

... following principal contents: - Create a breakthrough in the quality of teaching and learning foreign languages for all levels of education and training levels, encouraging the introduction of foreign ... Recognizing that importance, the new textbooks in all four levels of education compiled by the Ministry of Education is due to communication through the combination of four teaching skills Thinking ... of teaching and learning English in secondary school 4 IV The effectiveness of the topic in the process of teaching 16 Trang 2A BACKGROUND1 The reasons of choosing the topic. - English – an international

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... following principal contents: - Create a breakthrough in the quality of teaching and learning foreign languages for all levels of education and training levels, encouraging the introduction of foreign ... Recognizing that importance, the new textbooks in all four levels of education compiled by the Ministry of Education is due to communication through the combination of four teaching skills Thinking ... of teaching and learning English in secondary school 4 IV The effectiveness of the topic in the process of teaching 16 Trang 2A BACKGROUND1 The reasons of choosing the topic. - English – an international

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