1. The Folly of Coral Restoration Programs Following Natural Disturbances in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.
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Precht, William F., Aronson, Richard B., Miller, Steven L., Keller, Brian D., and Causey, Billy
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CORAL reef conservation ,CONSERVATION of natural resources ,NATURAL resources ,NATURAL disasters ,BIOTIC communities ,FLORIDA Keys National Marine Sanctuary (Fla.) - Abstract
This article discusses various issues related to the folly of Coral Restoration Programs following natural disturbances in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary (FKNMS). Coral reefs around the world have changed dramatically over the past few decades. At the present rate of destruction, reef ecosystems will likely suffer continued significant degradation, possibly to the point of irreversible decline. In FKNMS, one possible course of action is to attempt to restore all damaged and disturbed reefs to fully functional ecosystems at a rate resulting in no net loss of ecosystem value. To date, most coral reef restoration programs within the FKNMS have focused on the physical damage caused by humans, although there has also been a call for intervening and restoring reefs affected by natural disturbances.
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- 2005
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