Human Influences On Eastern Tropical Pacific Coral Communities and Coral Reefs
Coral reefs world-wide have been impacted by direct and indirect human activity and natural disturbances. This has led to the degradation and disappearance of many reef structures. On a basin-wide scale, the natural impact of El Niño warming has been the main cause of reef decline in the eastern tro...
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ftunivcostarica:oai:https://www.kerwa.ucr.ac.cr:10669/78058 2023-05-15T17:51:36+02:00 Human Influences On Eastern Tropical Pacific Coral Communities and Coral Reefs Cortés Núñez, Jorge Reyes Bonilla, Héctor 2016 application/pdf https://hdl.handle.net/10669/78058 https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-94-017-7499-4_20 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-7499-4_20 en_US eng https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-94-017-7499-4_20 978-94-017-7499-4 978-94-017-7498-7 https://hdl.handle.net/10669/78058 doi:10.1007/978-94-017-7499-4_20 Coral Reefs of the Eastern Tropical Pacific; Vol. 8 Coastal alteration Sedimentation Pollution Plankton blooms Tourism capítulo de libro 2016 ftunivcostarica https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-7499-4_20 2022-10-30T05:49:10Z Coral reefs world-wide have been impacted by direct and indirect human activity and natural disturbances. This has led to the degradation and disappearance of many reef structures. On a basin-wide scale, the natural impact of El Niño warming has been the main cause of reef decline in the eastern tropical Pacific (ETP). At local scales, human activity has also taken its toll although only limited observations are available on specific impacts to ETP coral reefs. The main direct causes of damage are the extraction of corals and other reef organisms, nonregulated tourist activity, ship groundings, anchor damage, and eutrophication. The main indirect sources of damage to coral reefs are coastal alteration, sedimentation, pollution (including eutrophication), oil pollution, agrochemicals, other pollutants, and plankton blooms. Climate change can impact coral reefs directly (sea warming, sea level rise, ocean acidification, increased storm activity, and possibly stronger and more frequent El Niño events), and indirectly (coastal erosion, increased fresh water runoff and elevated nutrients). Even though human impacts on ETP reefs are low compared to other regions, significant damage has been documented. Since ETP coral reefs are relatively small and few in number, a redoubled effort is necessary for their protection. UCR::Vicerrectoría de Investigación::Unidades de Investigación::Ciencias Básicas::Centro de Investigación en Ciencias del Mar y Limnología (CIMAR) UCR::Vicerrectoría de Docencia::Ciencias Básicas::Facultad de Ciencias::Escuela de Biología Book Part Ocean acidification Universidad de Costa Rica: Repositorio Kérwá Pacific 549 563 |
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Coral reefs world-wide have been impacted by direct and indirect human activity and natural disturbances. This has led to the degradation and disappearance of many reef structures. On a basin-wide scale, the natural impact of El Niño warming has been the main cause of reef decline in the eastern tropical Pacific (ETP). At local scales, human activity has also taken its toll although only limited observations are available on specific impacts to ETP coral reefs. The main direct causes of damage are the extraction of corals and other reef organisms, nonregulated tourist activity, ship groundings, anchor damage, and eutrophication. The main indirect sources of damage to coral reefs are coastal alteration, sedimentation, pollution (including eutrophication), oil pollution, agrochemicals, other pollutants, and plankton blooms. Climate change can impact coral reefs directly (sea warming, sea level rise, ocean acidification, increased storm activity, and possibly stronger and more frequent El Niño events), and indirectly (coastal erosion, increased fresh water runoff and elevated nutrients). Even though human impacts on ETP reefs are low compared to other regions, significant damage has been documented. Since ETP coral reefs are relatively small and few in number, a redoubled effort is necessary for their protection. UCR::Vicerrectoría de Investigación::Unidades de Investigación::Ciencias Básicas::Centro de Investigación en Ciencias del Mar y Limnología (CIMAR) UCR::Vicerrectoría de Docencia::Ciencias Básicas::Facultad de Ciencias::Escuela de Biología |
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Human Influences On Eastern Tropical Pacific Coral Communities and Coral Reefs |
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Human Influences On Eastern Tropical Pacific Coral Communities and Coral Reefs |
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Human Influences On Eastern Tropical Pacific Coral Communities and Coral Reefs |
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Human Influences On Eastern Tropical Pacific Coral Communities and Coral Reefs |
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Human Influences On Eastern Tropical Pacific Coral Communities and Coral Reefs |
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human influences on eastern tropical pacific coral communities and coral reefs |
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