Baselines and degradation of coral reefs in the Northern Line Islands.

Baselines and degradation of coral reefs in the Northern Line Islands.

Effective conservation requires rigorous baselines of pristine conditions to assess the impacts of human activities and to evaluate the efficacy of management. Most coral reefs are moderately to severely degraded by local human activities such as fishing and pollution as well as global change, hence...

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Main Authors: Stuart A Sandin, Jennifer E Smith, Edward E Demartini, Elizabeth A Dinsdale, Simon D Donner, Alan M Friedlander, Talina Konotchick, Machel Malay, James E Maragos, David Obura, Olga Pantos, Gustav Paulay, Morgan Richie, Forest Rohwer, Robert E Schroeder, Sheila Walsh, Jeremy B C Jackson, Nancy Knowlton, Enric Sala
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2008-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2244711?pdf=render

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