Community involvement in management for maintaining coral reef resilience and biodiversity in southern Caribbean marine protected areas
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Published source details
Camargo C., Maldonado J.H., Alvarado E., Moreno-Sanchez R., Mendoza S., Manrique N., Mogollon A., Osorio J.D., Grajales A. & Sanchez J.A. (2009) Community involvement in management for maintaining coral reef resilience and biodiversity in southern Caribbean marine protected areas. Biodiversity and Conservation, 18, 935-956.
Published source details Camargo C., Maldonado J.H., Alvarado E., Moreno-Sanchez R., Mendoza S., Manrique N., Mogollon A., Osorio J.D., Grajales A. & Sanchez J.A. (2009) Community involvement in management for maintaining coral reef resilience and biodiversity in southern Caribbean marine protected areas. Biodiversity and Conservation, 18, 935-956.
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This study is summarised as evidence for the following.
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Designate a Marine Protected Area and prohibit some fishing and collection (including where restrictions are unspecified) Action Link |
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Designate a Marine Protected Area and prohibit some fishing and collection (including where restrictions are unspecified)
A site comparison study in 2006 at 24 coral reef sites in National Natural Park Rosario and San Bernardo Corals, Colombia (Camargo et al. 2009) found that sites in a protected area that prohibited some fishing and collection had similar coral cover and densities of coral species compared to sites outside the protected area. Coral cover was similar for sites in the protected area (hard corals: 27%, gorgonians: 2%) and unprotected sites (hard corals: 21%, gorgonians: 3%). Counts of four major coral species tended to be higher in the protected area than outside (result not tested for statistical significance: Acropora cervicornis: 56 inside vs 54 outside; Acropora palmata: 118 vs 32; Diploria labyrinthiformis: 109 vs 102; Siderastrea siderea: 427 vs 156), but densities and size structure of populations were similar inside and outside the protected area (data reported as statistical model results). Sixteen sites within a protected area and eight sites outside of the protected area were selected. In May 2006, sixteen sites were surveyed (8 protected, 8 unprotected), and in September 2006 and additional eight protected sites were surveyed. Surveys consisted of two transects/site (30 × 2 m), with sixty 1 m2 photographs taken along each transect.
(Summarised by: William Morgan)
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