Jackson2013-Status and Trendsof Caribbean Coral Reefs

7 Nagelkerkan, Bimini 2006
1 X
Ivan*
8 Hay 1984 9 Eleuthera 1981 1 X
9 Reef Check* Andros; Paradise
Island
1999-2000,
2002-2007
8 X
a Hixon, Mark; Exuma Cays 1993-2005
Stallings, Land and Sea
13 X
Chris* Park (ECLSP)
b Dustan, Phil; Iguana Cay, 1991, 2004
King, Allison; Exuma
2 X
Pante, Eric* 10
c Bauer 1980 11 1978 1 X
Fig. 2.2 Average percent cover of
live corals (A) and macroalgae (B),
density of Diadema antillarum (C),
and biomass of parrotfishes and
groupers (D) in Bahamas. Dotted
line represents the average of
Caribbean data collected for this
report (codes as in Table 2.1 and
Figure 2.1).
Timeline
950-1500: Fishing by dugout canoe using spears, nets, hook and line and traps (Blick 2007)
1890-1930s: First coral reef studies of Andros Island (Agassiz 1895; Ray 1998)
1950: Development of mass tourism on New Providence (Cleare 2007; Palmer 1994)
1958-1959: Exuma Cays Land and Sea Park and Bahamas National Trust established (Ray 1998)
1968-1969: Minor coral bleaching on Andros Island, causing ~8% coral mortality, significant coral disease observed
at Andros Island (Gintert 2011)
1970s: Fleshy macroalgae common on some Andros Island fore reefs (Gintert 2011)
1972: Pelican Cays Land and Sea Park established
1983: Bleaching event at Gingerbread Grounds, Grand Bahama Bank (Wells 1988)
1984: Mass die-off of Diadema antillarum (Lessios et al. 1984)
1985: White band disease recorded (Rogers 1985)
1986: Exuma Cays Land and Sea Park made fully no-take
1987: Minor coral bleaching on Andros Island, Lee Stocking Island
1990: Minor bleaching event
1991: Lee Stocking Island patch reef coral cover 13% (Pante et al. 2008)
1993: Minor bleaching event, Lee Stocking Island (Anthony et al. 1997)
1994: CARICOMP monitoring at San Salvador: coral cover 9.6%, algal cover 17.5% (Wilkinson 2000)
1995: Minor bleaching event (Linton et al. 2002); In the Exuma Cays, coral cover on shallow (