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STATUS OF CORAL REEFS IN THE WESTERN ATLANTIC:

RESULTS OF INITIAL SURVEYS,

ATLANTIC AND GULF RAPID REEF ASSESSMENT (AGRRA) PROGRAM

 

NO. 496

 
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The beginning compiled into one PDF file

 
                Robert N. Ginsburg and Judith C. Lang                                                                                                                       vii 

CAVEATS FOR THE AGRRA “INITIAL RESULTS” VOLUME

                Judith C. Lang                                                                                                                                                                    xv

SYNTHESIS OF CORAL REEF HEALTH INDICATORS FOR THE WESTERN ATLANTIC:

 RESULTS OF THE AGRRA PROGRAM (1997-2000)

 
                Philip A. Kramer (On behalf of the AGRRA contributors to this volume)                                                                1

SURVEYS

Bahamas

A rapid assessment of coral reefs near Hopetown, Abaco Islands, Bahamas (stony corals and algae)

 
Joshua S. Feingold, Susan L. Thornton, Kenneth W. Banks, Nancy J. Gasman,

 David Gilliam, Pamela Fletcher, and Christian Avila                                                                                               58

 

Assessment of the Andros Island Reef System, Bahamas (Part 1: stony corals and algae)

 
Philip A. Kramer, Patricia Richards Kramer, and Robert N. Ginsburg                                                                 76

Assessment of the Andros Island Reef System, Bahamas (Part 2: fishes)

 
Philip A. Kramer, Kenneth W. Marks, and Timothy L. Turnbull                                                                            100

Assessment of coral reefs off San Salvador Island, Bahamas (stony corals, algae and fish

 populations)

 
Paulette M. Peckol, H. Allen Curran, Benjamin J. Greenstein, Emily Y. Floyd,

 and Martha L. Robbart                                                                                                                                                 124

 

Belize

Assessment of selected reef sites in northern and south-central Belize, including recovery from

 bleaching and hurricane disturbances (stony corals, algae and fish)

 
Paulette M. Peckol, H. Allen Curran, Emily Y. Floyd, Martha L. Robbart,

 Benjamin J. Greenstein, and Kate L. Buckman                                                                                                        146

Brazil

 
Rapid assessment of the Abrolhos Reefs, eastern Brazil (Part 1: stony corals and algae)

Ruy K.P. Kikuchi, Zelinda M.A.N. Leão, Viviane Testa, Leo X. C. Dutra, and Saulo Spanó                           172

 
Rapid assessment of the Abrolhos reefs, eastern Brazil (Part 2: fish communities)

Ruy K.P. Kikuchi, Zelinda M.A.N. Leão, Cláudio L.S. Sampaio, and Marcelo D. Telles                                  188


Cayman Islands

Status of coral reefs of Little Cayman, Grand Cayman and Cayman Brac, British West Indies,

 in 1999 and 2000 (Part 1: stony corals and algae)

 
Carrie Manfrino, Bernhard Riegl, Jerome L. Hall, and Robert. Graifman                                                          204

Status of coral reefs of Little Cayman and Grand Cayman, British West Indies, in 1999

 (Part 2: fishes)

 
Christy V. Pattengill-Semmens and Brice X. Semmens                                                                                            226

Costa Rica

 
A rapid assessment at Cahuita National Park, Costa Rica, 1999 (Part 1: stony corals and algae)

Ana C. Fonseca E.                                                                                                                                                           248

 
A rapid assessment at Cahuita National Park, Costa Rica, 1999 (Part 2: reef fishes)

Ana C. Fonseca E. and Carlos Gamboa                                                                                                                     258

Cuba

Rapid assessment of coral communities of María La Gorda, southeast Ensenada de Corrientes,

 Cuba (Part 1: stony corals and algae)

 
Pedro M. Alcolado, Beatriz Martinez-Daranas, Grisel Menendez-Macia, Rosa del Valle,

 Miguel Hernández, and Tamara García                                                                                                                    268

Rapid assessment of coral communities of María La Gorda, southeast Ensenada de Corrientes,

 
 Cuba (Part 2: reef fishes)

Rodolfo Claro and Karel Cantelar Ramos                                                                                                                278

Mexico

Rapid assessment of Mexico’s Yucatan Reef in 1997 and 1999: pre- and post-1998 mass bleaching

 
 and Hurricane Mitch (stony corals, algae and fishes)

Robert S. Steneck and Judith C. Lang                                                                                                                        294

 

Condition of coral reef ecosystems in central-southern Quintana Roo, Mexico (Part 1: stony corals

 and algae)

 
Miguel A. Ruiz-Zárate, Roberto C. Hernández-Landa, Carlos González-Salas,

 Enrique Núñez-Lara, and J. Ernesto Arias-González                                                                                             318

 

Condition of coral reef ecosystems in central-southern Quintana Roo, Mexico (Part 2: reef fish

 communities)

 
Enrique Núñez-Lara, Carlos González-Salas, Miguel A. Ruiz-Zárate,

 Roberto Hernández-Landa, and J. Ernesto Arias-González                                                                                  338

Condition of selected reef sites in the Veracruz Reef System (stony corals and algae)

 
Guillermo Horta-Puga                                                                                                                                                   360

Netherlands Antilles

Condition of coral reefs off less developed coastlines of Curaçao (Part 1: stony corals and algae)

 
Andrew W. Bruckner and Robin J. Bruckner

                                                                                                                                                                                            370

Condition of coral reefs off less developed coastlines of Curaçao (Part 2: reef fishes)

 
Andrew W. Bruckner and Robin J. Bruckner                                                                                                             394

 

A post-hurricane, rapid assessment of reefs in the Windward Netherlands Antilles (stony corals,

 algae and fishes)

 
Kristi D. Klomp and David J. Kooistra                                                                                                                       404


St. Vincent

A rapid assessment of the Horseshoe Reef, Tobago Cays Marine Park, St. Vincent, West Indies

 (stony corals, algae and fishes)

 
Alice Deschamps, André Desrochers, and Kristi D. Klomp                                                                                     438

Turks and Caicos Islands

Assessment of the coral reefs of the Turks and Caicos Islands (Part 1: stony corals and algae)

 
Bernhard Riegl, Carrie Manfrino, Casey Hermoyian, Marilyn Brandt, and Kaho Hoshino                           460

 

Assessment of the coral reefs of the Turks and Caicos Islands (Part 2: fish communities)

 
Kaho Hoshino, Marilyn Brandt, Carrie Manfrino, Bernhard Riegl, and Sasha C.C. Steiner                   480

United States

 
A rapid assessment of the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary (stony corals, algae and fishes)

Christy V. Pattengill-Semmens and Stephen R. Gittings                                                                                         500

Rapid assessment of coral reefs in the Archipiélago de Los Roques National Park, Venezuela

 (Part 1: stony corals and algae)

 
Estrella Villamizar, Juan M. Posada, and Santiago Gómez                                                                                   512

Rapid assessment of coral reefs in the Archipiélago de Los Roques National Park, Venezuela

 
 (Part 2: fishes)

Juan M. Posada, Estrella Villamizar, and Daniela Alvarado                                                                                530

Virgin Islands

A rapid assessment of coral reefs in the Virgin Islands (Part 1: stony corals and algae)

 
Richard S. Nemeth, Adam Quandt, Laurie Requa, J. Paige Rothenberger, and Marcia Taylor                      544

A rapid assessment of coral reefs in the Virgin Islands (Part 2: fishes)

 
Richard S. Nemeth, Leslie D. Whaylen, and Christy V. Pattengill-Semmens                                                       566

ADDITIONAL AGRRA DATA

Assessment tables for Abaco, Bahamas (fishes), Lighthouse, Belize (corals, algae, fishes) and Bonaire,

 
 Netherlands Antilles (corals, algae, fishes)

Philip A. Kramer and Baerbel G. Bischof                                                                                                                   590

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION

Condition of coral reef ecosystems in central-southern Quintana Roo, Mexico (Part 3: juvenile

 reef fishes)

 
Carlos González-Salas, Enrique Núñez-Lara, Miguel A. Ruiz-Zárate,

 Roberto C. Hernández-Landa, and J. Ernesto Arias-González                                                                             598

APPENDIX ONE

 
The Atlantic and Gulf Rapid Reef Assessment Protocols: Former Version 2.2

Patricia Richards Kramer and Judith C. Lang                                                                                                         611

APPENDIX TWO

Fish biomass conversion equations

 
Kenneth W. Marks and Kristi D. Klomp                                                                                                                     625

 

 

 

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Robert N. Ginsburg
Atlantic and Gulf Rapid Reef Assessment
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USA
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