Essays about: "coral reef management"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 13 essays containing the words coral reef management.

  1. 1. Incorporating local, and placed-based knowledge in resource management: An anthropological study of coral reef entanglements in Costa Rica

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Author : Hanna Doverhag Utbult; [2022-08-24]
    Keywords : Human-environmental relations; Governmentality; Place-based knowledge; Sustainability; TEK; Costa Rica;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study is to better understand how different local actors in Arenas1 on the Talamancan coast in Costa Rica can work together and contribute to forms of more sustainable resource management. The study shows that local actors understand sustainable development as the restoration of relationships to the coral reefs. READ MORE

  3. 2. Marine Habitat Mapping Using Image Enhancement Techniques & Machine Learning

    University essay from Jönköping University/JTH, Avdelningen för datateknik och informatik

    Author : Mudasar Mureed; [2022]
    Keywords : Coral Reef; Habitat Mapping; Convolutional Neural Network; Transfer Learning; Fine Tuning; CLAHE;

    Abstract : AbstractThe mapping of habitats is the first step that is done in policies that target theenvironment, as well as in spatial planning and management. The biodiversityplans are always centered around habitats. Therefore, constant monitoring ofthese delicate species in terms of health, changes, and extinction is a must inbiodiversity plans. READ MORE

  4. 3. Quantifying the state of the coral reef ecosystem in relation to biophysical benthic and pelagic indicators and biological drivers of change in the Saba National Marine Park, Dutch Caribbean

    University essay from SLU/Dept. Of Aquatic Resources

    Author : Wiebke Homes; [2021]
    Keywords : GCRMN; Reef Health Index; ; marine protected area; fish-benthos interaction; macroalgae; herbuvory; trophic cascade; fishing; coral disease; Caribbean;

    Abstract : Coral reefs are experiencing large scale degradation. Motivated by the need for regular data monitoring and for quantification of the state and change of benthic and pelagic organisms, the Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network protocol was executed on 18 dive sites in fished and unfished areas around the island of Saba in the Saba National Marine Park (SNMP) in the Dutch Caribbean from March to May 2019. READ MORE

  5. 4. Estimations of anthropogenic nutrient flows at the coral reef island Ko Sak, Thailand : A simplified source flow analysis

    University essay from KTH/Industriell ekologi

    Author : Emelie Lindström; Adam Engström; [2016]
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    Abstract : High levels of nutrients in tropical coastal areas is a big problem and poses large threats to coral reefs. Therefore this study will focus on nutrient flows from a source perspective. The aim of this study is to identify and quantify the phosphorus and nitrogen emissions from human activities at the island Ko Sak, Thailand. READ MORE

  6. 5. Revealing distal drivers in coral reef social-ecological systems : Mapping land grabbing and human migration at a global scale

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Stockholm Resilience Centre

    Author : Linnéa Joandi; [2016]
    Keywords : Coral reef ecosystems; distal drivers; human migration; land grabbing; coral reef social-ecological system framework; teleconnection framework; telecoupling framework; coral reef management;

    Abstract : It is well recognized that coral reefs are suffering from a multitude of anthropogenic stressors which are threatening their integrity and existence. This includes stressors such as overharvesting, reduced water quality and habitat fragmentation. READ MORE