LIVING COASTAL RESOURCES OF THE ASEAN REGIONAND DATA REQUIREMENTS FOR THEIR MANAGEMENT SIGNIFICANCE OF LIVING COASTAL RESOURCES Living coastal resources are found within major coastal ecosystems consisting of coral reefs‚ mangroves‚ seagrass beds‚ benthic systems‚ and estuaries or lagoons. Coastal ecosystems‚ particularly estuaries and inshore marine waters have the highest rate of primary production as compared to terrestrial and oceanic regions. Daily gross production rate in terms of grams of
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Br._Alfred_Shields_FSC_Marine_Biological_Station • http://www.endangeredspecieshandbook.org/aquatic_mangrove.php • http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/Fish/southflorida/mangrove/Importance.html • http://www.seaworld.org/infobooks/Coral/conscr.html • www.crmp.com
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Ever since the 1960’s‚ The Crown of Thorns Starfish have been destroying our magnificent Great Barrier Reef. Biotic factors are a major consideration of the outbreak of the Crown of Thorns‚ lack of predators and their high fertilization rate plays a massive role in this overwhelming amount of starfish. The main predator the COT meets is the giant triton snail1. But because of recent population problems making the predators lacking in numbers they have no way of reducing the crown of thorns population
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are orange with streaks of green branching towards the back and tail. They have teeth that are merged to form a tough parrot-like beak‚ which is also where they get their name‚ is used to rake algae and other organic materials from the outside of coral. Endangered Status: The parrotfish population is nearly threatened. Parrotfish have different choices in habitat
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we have studied and drawn up. The problem with taking these very important ions out of the water is that they are one of the two compounds that calcifiers‚ very small organisms‚ need to survive. Calcifiers‚ which are the base of pretty much every coral reef on the planet‚ need to make shells which is part of their colonies skeleton. This leaves a decision for calcifiers to make: should I expend more energy capturing the decreasing amount of carbonate ions or just give up. Studies show that most calcifiers
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Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System XXXXX BIO/100 April 1‚ 2012 XXXXXXX Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System In efforts to bring awareness to the continued preservation of this area‚ it is imperative to advocate for the threatened species of this region by bringing continued awareness to preserving this natural ecosystem. The magnificent Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System is the world’s largest barrier reef in the northern hemisphere on the coastal regions of Belize. It is
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been an increase in invertebrate attacks on coral communities in marine parks‚ the result of over harvesting of predators and an imbalance in the marine ecology‚ Chu said. Clusters of delicate marine organisms form coral reefs in a process that may take millions of years. The reefs are built up from the calcium carbonate‚ secreted by tiny animals which secrete the bone like material as an exoskeleton. Often called the rainforests of the sea‚ coral reefs are some of the most diverse ecosystems on
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of all‚ chemicals like oxybenzone are detrimental to coral reefs. Research has found that these chemicals can kill of juvenile coral‚ cause color bleaching‚ mutate their DNA‚ and even cause the prevention of new coral buds forming (sunscreen chemical‚ 2014). And without coral reefs‚ scientists are worried about what could occur to the oceanic ecosystem. Beyond the loss of its natural beauty‚ coral reefs are an important “mini-ecosystem.” Reefs provide shelter for some fish‚ rooms for algae to grow
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The family Labridae‚ otherwise known as wrasses‚ is marine fish consisting of more than 575 species found in warm-temperate and tropical reefs around the globe (Wainwright et al. 2004). Of all of the coral reef fishes worldwide‚ the family Labridae is one of the most morphologically diverse (Westneat 1995). Due to their different morphologies‚ different fishes within the species prey on different types of food. The main difference making up the separate morphologies‚ and subsequently feeding habits
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be developed. The coral atoll features a rich marine life and has been designated as a national park by the Taiwan’s government because of its unique geographical and ecological features. park by Republic of China (R.O.C.) 1. A Brief History Dongsha history can be traced back to Jin Dynasty’s Guangzhou Ji by Pei Yuan 裴淵《廣州記》over a thousand years ago: “The Shanhujhou (Coral Sandbar) is 500 li south of the county (Dongguan‚ Guangdong). People catch fish and harvest coral from the seas there”
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