This review provides a broad conceptual overview of different approaches to measuring
marine ecosystem condition and guidance for framework development (particularly relevant …

Ecosystems worldwide are under increasing threat. We applied a standardized method for
assessing the risk of ecosystem collapse, the International Union for Conservation of Nature …

The coastal zone represents one of the most economically and ecologically important
ecosystems on the planet, none more so than in southern Africa. This manuscript examines …

Delineating regions is an important first step in understanding the evolution and
biogeography of faunas. However, quantitative approaches are often limited at a global …

This publication is an overview of a detailed study of coral distribution, diversity and affinities
worldwide. The species distribution maps in www. coralsoftheworld. com are based on …

Abstract The South China Sea in the Central Indo-Pacific is a large marine region that spans
an area of more than 3 million km 2 bounded by the coastlines of ten Asian nation states and …

Many countries with tropical reef systems face hard choices preserving coral reefs in the
face of climate change on limited budgets. One approach to maximising regional reef …

In the Western Indian Ocean (WIO), local communities are increasingly assuming
responsibility for inshore marine resources either on their own or through collaborative …

As we seek to pursue sustainable development, we all need an understanding of the ways–
environmental, social and economic–in which we humans interact with the world around us …

Hotspots of tropical marine biodiversity are areas that harbour disproportionately large
numbers of species compared to surrounding regions. The richness and location of these …