FN Archimer Export Format
PT J
TI Ecological and socioeconomic strategies to sustain Caribbean coral reefs in a high-CO2 world
BT 
AF Andersson, Andreas J.
   Venn, Alexander A.
   Pendleton, Linwood
   Brathwaite, Angelique
   Camp, Emma
   Cooley, Sarah
   Gedhill, Dwight
   Koch, Marguerite
   Maliki, Samir
   Manfrino, Carrie
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C1 Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0244, USA
   Department of Marine Biology, Centre Scientifique de Monaco, MC-98000, Monaco
   World Wildlife Fund, Global Science, 1250 24th St., NW, Washington, DC, 20037, USA
   University of Brest, Ifremer, CNRS, UMR 6308, AMURE, IUEM, 29280, Plouzane, France
   Duke University, Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, Durham, NC 90335, USA
   University of Queensland, Global Change Institute, Brisbane, QLD, 4072, Australia
   Blue finance, Barbados W.I., Barbados
   Climate Change Cluster, University of Technology Sydney, PO Box 123, Broadway, NSW 2007, Australia
   Ocean Conservancy, Washington, DC 20036, USA
   National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Silver Spring, MD 20910, USA
   Biological Sciences Department, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL 33431, USA
   University of Tlemcen, Faculty of Economics and Management, Mecas laboratory, BP 226, Tlemcen, 13000, Algeria
   Central Caribbean Marine Institute, PO Box 1461, Princeton, NJ 08542, USA
   Little Cayman Research Centre, Little Cayman, KY3-2501, Cayman Island
C2 UNIV CALIF SAN DIEGO, USA
   CTR SCI MONACO, MONACO
   WWF, USA
   UBO, FRANCE
   UNIV DUKE, USA
   UNIV QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA
   BLUE FINANCE, BARBADOS
   UNIV TECHNOL SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA
   OCEAN CONSERVANCY, USA
   NOAA, USA
   UNIV FLORIDA ATLANTIC, USA
   UNIV TLEMCEN, ALGERIA
   CCMI, USA
   LITTLE CAYMAN RES CTR, CAYMAN ISLANDS
UM AMURE
IN WOS Cotutelle UMR
   copubli-int-hors-europe
   copubli-sud
IF 1.183
TC 13
UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00495/60684/64180.pdf
LA English
DT Article
DE ;Caribbean;Coral reef;Restoration;Climate change;Ocean acidification;Ecosystem services
AB The Caribbean and Western Atlantic region hosts one of the world’s most diverse geopolitical regions and a unique marine biota distinct from tropical seas in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. While this region varies in human population density, GDP and wealth, coral reefs, and their associated ecosystem services, are central to people’s livelihoods. Unfortunately, the region’s reefs have experienced extensive degradation over the last several decades. This degradation has been attributed to a combination of disease, overfishing, and multiple pressures from other human activities. Furthermore, the Caribbean region has experienced rapid ocean warming and acidification as a result of climate change that will continue and accelerate throughout the 21st century. It is evident that these changes will pose increasing threats to Caribbean reefs unless imminent actions are taken at the local, regional and global scale. Active management is required to sustain Caribbean reefs and increase their resilience to recover from acute stress events. Here, we propose local and regional solutions to halt and reverse Caribbean coral reef degradation under ongoing ocean warming and acidification. Because the Caribbean has already experienced high coral reef degradation, we suggest that this region may be suitable for more aggressive interventions than might be suitable for other regions. Solutions with direct ecological benefits highlighted here build on existing knowledge of factors that can contribute to reef restoration and increased resilience in the Caribbean: (1) management of water quality, (2) reduction of unsustainable fishing practices, (3) application of ecological engineering, and (4) implementing marine spatial planning. Complementary socioeconomic and governance solutions include: (1) increasing communication and leveraging resources through the establishment of a regional reef secretariat, (2) incorporating reef health and sustainability goals into the blue economy plans for the region, and (3) initiating a reef labelling program to incentivize corporate partnerships for reef restoration and protection to sustain overall reef health in the region. 
PY 2019
PD MAY
SO Regional Studies In Marine Science
SN 2352-4855
PU Elsevier BV
VL 29
UT 000474363400031
DI 10.1016/j.rsma.2019.100677
ID 60684
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