Vibrios are ubiquitous and abundant in the aquatic environment. A high abundance of
vibrios is also detected in tissues and/or organs of various marine algae and animals, eg …

The marine areas of South America (SA) include almost 30,000 km of coastline and
encompass three different oceanic domains—the Caribbean, the Pacific, and the Atlantic …

Abstract In 2001, the Millennium Coral Reef Map** Project initiated a global compilation of
30-meter spatial resolution Landsat 7 ETM+ satellite images that provides unprecedented …

Advances in our knowledge of eastern tropical Pacific (ETP) coral reef biogeography and
ecology during the past two decades are briefly reviewed. Fifteen ETP subregions are …

This book presents both state-of-the art knowledge from Recent coral reefs (1.8 million to a
few centuries old) gained since the eighties, and introduces geologists, oceanographers …

From the foreword: Canada, Mexico, and the United States not only share many ecosystems
and migratory species, but are also increasingly linked through economic, social and …

For over 20 years the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) has caused damage to the coral
reefs of the eastern Pacific and other regions. In the mid-1980s scientists estimated that …

Marine protected areas (MPAs), including no‐take marine reserves (MRs), play an important
role in the conservation of marine biodiversity. We document the status of MPAs and MRs in …

The Caribbean corals, Acropora palmata and A. cervicornis, recently have undergone
drastic declines primarily as a result of disease. Previous molecular studies have …

Brazil has a megadiversity that includes marine species that are distributed along 800 km of
shoreline. This biodiversity status holds promising biotechnological potential. Marine …