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Caribbean coral reefs classified by integrated threat - the Reefs at Risk Index (point)

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 integrated threat - the Reefs at Risk Index (point)

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Originator: World Resources Institute
Publication_Date: 2004
Title:
Caribbean coral reefs classified by integrated threat - the Reefs at Risk Index (point)
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Series_Name: Reefs at Risk in the Caribbean
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Publication_Place: Washington D.C., United States
Publisher: World Resources Institute
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L. Burke and J. Maidens "Reefs at Risk in the Caribbean," (Washington DC, USA: World Resources Institute, 2004)
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To capture cumulative threat in a given location, the four threats in the Reefs at Risk Caribbean analysis - coastal development, marine-based, sedimentation and overfishing - were integrated into a single index - the Reefs at Risk Threat Index.
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: pressure
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Theme_Keyword: coastal devlopment
Theme_Keyword: marine-based
Theme_Keyword: overfishing
Theme_Keyword: sedimentation
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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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State_or_Province: District of Columbia
Postal_Code: 20002
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Contact_Voice_Telephone: 202 729 7600
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The four threats in the Reefs at Risk analysis - coastal development, marine-based, sedimentation and overfishing - were integrated into a single index - the Reefs at Risk Threat Index. For each reef unit (a 25-hectare square measuring 500 m on each side), the index is set to the highest threat value (low, medium,or high) recorded for any individual threat. To capture cumulative threat in a given location, the integrated index is designated as very high in areas where three or four individual threats were rated as high. In areas where at least three threats were rated as medium, the integrated index is set to high.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:
World Resources Institute, Overfishing threat in the Wider Caribbean, 2004.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:
World Resources Institute, Coastal development threat in the Wider Caribbean, 2004.
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World Resources Institute, Marine-based threat in the Wider Caribbean, 2004.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:
World Resources Institute, Threat from watershed-based sources of sedimentation and pollution in the Wider Caribbean, 2004.
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Coral reef locations - World Resources Institute, Caribbean Coral Reef Locations, 2004
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