The global coral reef crisis: trends and solutions
2002
G. Hodgson | J. Liebler
The document summarises data collected by volunteer teams worldwide to assess the status of the world's coral reefs. Monitoring was carried out from 1997 through 2001 at over 1500 reefs in the Atlantic, Indo-pacific and Red Sea.Surveyors measure fish abundance, shellfish abundance, evidence of human impact and living coral cover. The analyses examined changes in fish, shellfish and coral indicator abundance and correlations between abundance and the ratings of human impact provided by the teams. The key findings were:indicators of sever overfishing and collection of spiny lobster and Tritona serious decrease in both the abundance and size of key indicator fish specieslive coral cover was lower on reefs showing human impactmarine protected areas in developing countries are showing some success in increasing abundance of most species
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