Caribbean coral reefs classified by threat from marine based sources

Source: Lauretta Burke and Jon Maidens and contributing authors: Mark Spalding, Philip Kramer, Edmund Green, Suzie Greenhalgh, Hillary Nobles, Johnathan Kool. 2004. Reefs at Risk in the Caribbean.

Caribbean coral reefs classified by threat from marine based sources

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Originator: World Resources Institute

Publication_Date: 2004

Title:

Caribbean coral reefs classified by threat from marine based sources

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Series_Information:

Series_Name: Reefs at Risk in the Caribbean

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Washington D.C., United States
Publisher: World Resources Institute

Online_Linkage: <http://reefsatrisk.wri.org>

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Title:: L. Burke and J. Maidens "Reefs at Risk in the Caribbean," (Washington DC, USA: World Resources Institute, 2004)

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Abstract:: Threats to coral reefs from marine-based sources evaluated based on distance to ports, stratified by size; intensity of cruise ship visitation; and distance to oil and gas infrastructure, processing, and pipelines.
Purpose:: The indicators developed by the Reefs at Risk in the Caribbean project enable detailed comparative analyses of threats on many scales. The Reefs at Risk indicators are a simplification of human activities and complex natural processes.
Supplemental_Information:: The threat indicators gauge current and potential risks associated with human activities. A strength of the analysis lies in its use of regionally consistent data sets to develop regionally consistent indicators of human pressure on coral reefs. However, the model is not perfect, and omissions and other errors in the data sets are inevitable.

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Theme_Keyword: threat
Theme_Keyword: coral reefs
Theme_Keyword: pressure
Theme_Keyword: marine-based
Theme_Keyword: shipping
Theme_Keyword: ports
Theme_Keyword: cruise lines
Theme_Keyword: oil

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Place_Keyword: caribbean
Place_Keyword: central america
Place_Keyword: south america
Place_Keyword: north america
Place_Keyword: insular caribbean
Place_Keyword: gulf of mexico

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Data set is not for use in litigation. While efforts have been made to ensure that these data are accurate and reliable within the state of the art, WRI, cannot assume liability for any damages, or misrepresentations, caused by any inaccuracies in the data, or as a result of the data to be used on a particular system. WRI makes no warranty, expressed or implied, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty.

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Contact_Organization: World Resources Institute

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Address: 10 G Street NE Suite 800
City: Washington DC
State_or_Province: District of Columbia
Postal_Code: 20002
Country: United States

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 202 729 7600

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 202 729 7775

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: reefsatrisk@wri.org

Hours_of_Service: 9am - 5pm EST

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Process_Description:: Threats to coral reefs from marine-based sources evaluated based on distance to ports, stratified by size; intensity of cruise ship visitation; and distance to oil and gas infrastructure, processing, and pipelines.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Ports - NIMA, "World Port Index," 2002.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:: Oil and gas extraction, processing, and pipeline locations - NIMA, "VMAP," 1997.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:: Cruise ships (intensity of visitation) - Information for this - data set was derived from the "Choosing Cruising" website <http://www.choosingcruising.co.uk>, and georeferenced at WRI, 2003.

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Process_Description: The threat layer overlaid on coral reef locations.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:: Coral reef locations - World Resources Institute, Caribbean Coral Reef Locations, 2004.

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City: Washington, DC
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