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Bio 325 Marine Field Ecology & Conservation Information
Meet Jerry
Grant Proposal & Reports
Earthwatch Proposal
BREEF Report
Marine Conservation Literature
The need for marine conservation biology
(old and still unheeded)
Fishing Down the Food Chain
Loss of Predators
Historical Overfishing
Fishing & Trophic Cascades
Supporting material for
Fishing & Trophic Cascades
Phase Shift (Original study)
Coral-Algal Phase Shifts
Recovery from Phase Shift
Importance of Herbivore in Reversing Phase Shift
(from NY Times)
Long-term Decline Coal Reefs
Long-term Decline Coal Reefs
2
Supporting materials for Long-term Decline Coal Reefs
2
Complexities of Coral Reef Recovery
Global Climate Change & Coral Bleaching
1998 Major Bleaching Event
Reef Change in Belize
Ecosystem Impacts of Fishing
Pew Oceans Report
(Very long but very good)
Mangrove Use by Goliath Groupers
Community-based Conservation
Marine Protected Areas & Marine Reserves
Why MPAs
Science of Marine Reserves
Gaps on Science of Marine Reserves
Are Coral Reef Reserves Effective?
Conch Literature
Belize Reserve for Conch
Status of Queen Conch in Caribbean
UN Status Report (Long)
TCI Stock Assessment
Population Ecology Dominican Republic
Population Assessment Honduras
Assessment of MPA in Belize
Assessment TCI MPAs
History of Conch Fishery in Belize
Methodology
Belize National Conch & Lobster Survey methodology
LAMP survey for conch, lobster, finfish, etc.
"Gray"
Literatute
Belize Conch Work Group Report
Belize Case Study - Fisheries Management
All photos (c) John A. Cigliano. Ph.D