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Creator:: Sommer, Maggie
Abstract:: Marine protected areas are increasingly popular tools for fisheries conservation and enhancement worldwide. Monitoring programs that enable managers to track changes in fish stock abundance, size-frequency of target species, and species diversity are critical to evaluating the success of MPA's. The Port Honduras Marine Reserve (PHMR) in southern Belize encompasses...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: recently (Carter et al., 1992; Gibson et al., 1998). However, in recent years Belize has seen a dramatic

Creator:: Brunson, Ed
Abstract:: At the May 19, 1982 meeting of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Program, Kenya President Daniel Arap Moi summarized a growing international feeling that there is a need for non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to get more involved in international conservation efforts with the following statement: "The issue before...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

Creator:: Gomez, Gianna M.
Abstract:: Rapid assessments are essential to establish baseline information of ecosystems that can be used to design management plans such as marine protected areas. A rapid ecological assessment was conducted to determine the conditions of coral reefs and reef fish around barrier islands that occur within the central Belize Barrier Reef...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: fish (80%) and corals (>90%) (Almada-Villela, 2002; Kramer & Kramer, 2002; Gibson & Carter, 2003). The

Creator:: McManus, John F.
Abstract:: This study is composed of two parts. Section I deals with developed moorages and marinas--where they are; what services are offered in each, and how well the existing supply of permanent moorages serves the boating public. Section II examines the need for temporary 'harbors of refuge' in the area, what...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

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