Assessing Coral Reef Health in the North Ari Atoll (Maldives) Using the FoRAM Index

• Published in: Marine Micropaleontology
• Main Authors: Pisapia, Chiara, Hallock, Pamela, Spezzaferri, Silvia
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Digital Commons @ University of South Florida 2017
• Subjects: bioindicators; domestic pollution; foraminifera; indian ocean; Life Sciences; Indian; Ari; Ocean acidification
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/msc_facpub/900; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marmicro.2017.06.001

Tropical marine ecosystems are richly diverse, but are experiencing growing pressure from coastal development and tourism. Assessing the status of coral reef communities along gradients of human pressure is necessary to predict recovery capacity of reefs exposed to acute events such as mass bleachin...