Estado de los arrecifes de coral y comunidades de peces e invertebrados con interés comercial asociadas al Banco de Pedro, Jamaica
| Autor: | Andrew W. Bruckner, Brian Beck, Phil Renaud |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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| Zdroj: | Revista de Biología Tropical; Vol. 62 No. S3 (2014): Volume 62 – Supplement 3 – September 2014: Proceedings of the 36th Scientific Meeting of the Association of Marine Laboratories of the Caribbean (AMLC); 11-24 Revista de Biología Tropical; Vol. 62 Núm. S3 (2014): Volumen 62 – Suplemento 3 – Setiembre 2014: Memoria de la 36ta Reunión Científica de la Asociación de Laboratorios Marinos del Caribe (ALMC); 11-24 Revista Biología Tropical; Vol. 62 N.º S3 (2014): Volumen 62 – Suplemento 3 – Setiembre 2014: Memoria de la 36ta Reunión Científica de la Asociación de Laboratorios Marinos del Caribe (ALMC); 11-24 Portal de Revistas UCR Universidad de Costa Rica instacron:UCR Revista de Biología Tropical, Vol 62, Iss suppl 3, Pp 258-268 (2014) |
| ISSN: | 2215-2075 0034-7744 |
| DOI: | 10.15517/rbt.v62i0 |
| Popis: | The coral reefs located off the north coast of the Jamaican mainland are some of the best and most studied reefs in the world. Coral reefs of Pedro Bank, Jamaica were assessed in March, 2012 as part of the KSLOF Global Reef Expedition using a modified Atlantic and Gulf Rapid Reef Assessment (AGRRA) protocol. The main objectives were to: 1) characterize the distribution, structure and health of coral reefs; and 2) evaluate the population status of commercially important reef fishes and invertebrates. This work was conducted to assist in characterizing coral reef habitats within and outside a proposed fishery reserve, and identify other possible conservation zones. Within 20 reefs, live coral cover ranged from 4.9% to 19.2%. Coral communities were dominated by small corals (esp. Agaricia, Porites and Siderastrea) although many sites had high abundances of large colonies of Montastraea annularis and M. faveolata, and these were generally in good condition. A single area, within the proposed fishery reserve, had extensive Acropora cervicornis thickets, and several shallow locations had small, but recovering A. palmata stands. Macroalgal cover at all sites was relatively low, with only three sites having greater than 30% cover; crustose coralline algae (CCA) was high, with eight sites exceeding 20% cover. Fish biomass at all sites near the Cays was low, with a dominance of herbivores (parrotfish and surgeonfish) and a near absence of groupers, snappers and other commercially important species. While parrotfish were the most abundant fish, these were all extremely small (mean size= 12cm |
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