The Great Barrier Reef: vulnerabilities and solutions in the face of ocean acidification
As living carbonate-based structures, coral reefs are highly vulnerable to ocean acidification. The Great Barrier Reef (GBR) is the largest continuous coral reef system in the world. Its economic, social, and icon assets are valued at AU$56 billion (Deloitte Access Economics, 2017), owing to its vas...
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ftunivqespace:oai:espace.library.uq.edu.au:UQ:557d559 2023-05-15T17:48:58+02:00 The Great Barrier Reef: vulnerabilities and solutions in the face of ocean acidification Pendleton, Linwood Hoegh-Guldberg, Ove Albright, Rebecca Kaup, Anne Marshall, Paul Marshall, Nadine Fletcher, Steve Haraldsson, Gunnar Hansson, Lina 2019-09-01 https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:557d559 eng eng Elsevier doi:10.1016/j.rsma.2019.100729 issn:2352-4855 orcid:0000-0001-7510-6713 Not set 1103 Animal Science and Zoology 1104 Aquatic Science 1105 Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics 2303 Ecology Journal Article 2019 ftunivqespace https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsma.2019.100729 2020-12-08T06:44:15Z As living carbonate-based structures, coral reefs are highly vulnerable to ocean acidification. The Great Barrier Reef (GBR) is the largest continuous coral reef system in the world. Its economic, social, and icon assets are valued at AU$56 billion (Deloitte Access Economics, 2017), owing to its vast biodiversity and services related to commercial and recreational fisheries, shoreline protection, and reef-related tourism and recreation. Ocean acidification poses a significant risk to these ecological and socioeconomic services, threatening not only the structural foundation of the GBR but the livelihoods of reef-dependent sectors of society. To assess the vulnerabilities of the GBR to ocean acidification, we review the characteristics of the GBR and the current valuation and factors affecting potential losses across three major areas of socioeconomic concern: fisheries, shoreline protection, and reef-related tourism and recreation. We then discuss potential solutions, both conventional and unconventional, for mitigating ocean acidification impacts on the GBR and propose a suite of actions that would help assess and increase the region's preparedness for the effects of ocean acidification. Article in Journal/Newspaper Ocean acidification The University of Queensland: UQ eSpace Regional Studies in Marine Science 31 100729 |
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As living carbonate-based structures, coral reefs are highly vulnerable to ocean acidification. The Great Barrier Reef (GBR) is the largest continuous coral reef system in the world. Its economic, social, and icon assets are valued at AU$56 billion (Deloitte Access Economics, 2017), owing to its vast biodiversity and services related to commercial and recreational fisheries, shoreline protection, and reef-related tourism and recreation. Ocean acidification poses a significant risk to these ecological and socioeconomic services, threatening not only the structural foundation of the GBR but the livelihoods of reef-dependent sectors of society. To assess the vulnerabilities of the GBR to ocean acidification, we review the characteristics of the GBR and the current valuation and factors affecting potential losses across three major areas of socioeconomic concern: fisheries, shoreline protection, and reef-related tourism and recreation. We then discuss potential solutions, both conventional and unconventional, for mitigating ocean acidification impacts on the GBR and propose a suite of actions that would help assess and increase the region's preparedness for the effects of ocean acidification. |
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The Great Barrier Reef: vulnerabilities and solutions in the face of ocean acidification |
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The Great Barrier Reef: vulnerabilities and solutions in the face of ocean acidification |
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